Game: Where-is-it? (international)

[johnw]

LOL, what was more important? REI shopping or go for a paddle? Trust you caught one of their sales.

Shopping only, no paddling. I just walked a few kms downtown from our hotel to check out the store and found these guys having a ball. It was about 90 degrees F in Denver but we'd been in near blizzard conditions the previous day up on the continental divide. Yes, they had a sale on .

Anyone please go next.

[msrj]

Taken midway during a 3 day hike

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[eggs]

Presume this is NZ?

[wayno]

got to be the Sahara. recognise it anywhere...

[msrj]

yes Eggs its in NZ.

[eggs]

I am thinking it might be the Queen Charlotte Sound walk?
But I haven't chased down the exact view.

[wayno]

so what was the point in posting a photo and then not answering the end response?
eggs your correct, its definitely either resolution bay or endeavour inlet northern side. your turn....

[eggs]

I think things are generally slowing down in these games wayno.
And especially with the distractions at this time of year.
However, I will take your assurance as a reason to move on.

Still in NZ - name the peak in view.

[wayno]

one tree hill.... trust me....

[eggs]

I would have liked to have got a closer view of this peak. As it was - I just happened on a nice roadside location and it "inspired" me.

[robl]

Mt Aspiring from near Wanaka?

[eggs]

Yes robl.
We were driving back from the Rob Roy walk and had this view of the majestic Mt Aspiring

[robl]

Years ago I was going to try the ice axe to get a close look but developed a sore achilles at Gillespie Pass and postponed it.
I got a good view from Cascade Saddle later.

There is a popular multiday walk around the midsection of this mountain. The fence is made from a nothofagus species.
Name the mountain.

[wayno]

fitzroy.
if i'm right, someone else go, i'm away soon

[eggs]

What country or area robl?

[robl]

Wayno has correctly found Chilean Patagonia, but this castle like mountain is further north than Fitzroy on the major highway named "Carretera Austral".

[eggs]

Cerro Castillo

[robl]

Correct

[eggs]

The clues helped a lot.
Where was I in NZ?

[eggs]

A case of fire and ice

[johnw]

Things are slow. I have no idea but recall answering a similar one. So I'll take a stab that it's in the same region - Ruapehu?

[eggs]

Yes - it was not meant to be hard. Ascending Ruapehu - looking over the Pinnacle Ridge, Mt Doom [Ngauruhoe] in cloud

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[johnw]

Yes - it as not meant to be hard. Ascending Ruapehu - looking over the Pinnacle Ridge, Mt Doom [Ngauruhoe] in cloud

Thanks eggs, I need to convince my better half that a NZ trip is in order.

USA:

On the summit of Diamond Head crater (Lēʻahi), Diamond Head State Monument - Honolulu, Hawaii USA

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[johnw]

Not on the US mainland. Over my right shoulder a few kms away is a very famous beach.

[eggs]

Another volcano...

[johnw]

Another volcano...

Long time dormant. Do you know it's name, English or native?

[eggs]

Diamond Head was what I was thinking of. I remember my brothers photos from many years ago.

[johnw]

Diamond Head was what I was thinking of. I remember my brothers photos from many years ago.

Yes eggs, I'm on Diamond Head (Lēʻahi to Hawaiians). We spent a couple of days in Honolulu before returning from Hawaii in September. Stayed in Waikiki only about 3kms from here. So I walked to the crater and did the popular short hike to the top. Very interesting historically and for the great views.

[eggs]

I feel safest sticking to NZ, but this is another from Europe.
Might be a bit tough.
Name the refuge in view

Rifugio Elisabetta beneath the Col de la Seigne [border of Italy and France] and the impressive Pyramides Calcaires as seen from the climb onto Mont de la Saxe above Courmayeur

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[johnw]

Refuge du Glacier Blanc, Ecrins Alps, France?