While life here in Wellington is taking off in it's own direction, we recently found new pictures from the Alpine Epic that we still thoroughly enjoy reflecting upon. Some are our pictures and some taken by a good friend, Derek Morrison, who helped us get through each day of the race by popping up in some random location with his huge camera, documenting the ride in a way that really caught our emotions...(in a good way)!
After day 3, cooling down in the local river...that is Zeph and I still looking a bit delirious (and relieved) that we made it through another day...
The Great Mt. Cook in beautiful pre-dawn light. There really is no wonder why or how this mountain helped transform an ordinary bee keeper into the first man who scaled Mt. Everest
This road on Stage 6, day 4, was so long, long, long...however this picture grasps a much different viewpoint
This was the beginning of Stage 1 or Stage 2...can't really differentiate between the two as they all started bloody fast...
There were more than a couple gorges we rode down (and back up and out) during the four days. This one had winds of epic proportion blowing down it.
And another gorge...truly straight out of Lord of the Rings...
And yet another river crossing...right when our feet started to dry out, we would have to cross yet another river...
One of our more favorite pictures with the great Mt. Cook in the background...These four riders were the lead riders of the race and I can assure you they spent a significantly shorter amount of time in the saddle each day than us! We would finish our ride to find our friend Kashi (the rear one in the photo riding next to his partner Marcus) already showered and looking fresh as a daisy.
And then there was the shack...for those of you who have read the book, The Shack...this was an exact description of it...we rode around the corner and it took my breath away as we were directly across from the most peaceful, isolated shack we had ever laid eyes on. To say it was amazing would be an understatement...
That's all for now! Zeph and I just started our third week of working for Wellington Realty, which is a boutique commercial real estate firm here in Thorndon (the nicer part of Wellington for a visual)...We are really lucky to be working with our boss, Peter, who loves what he does and is teaching us all he knows- which is a lot! He has 41 years experience valuing, leasing, and selling commercial real estate here in Wellington, so we couldn't have found a better person to learn from. We moved into a flat and haven't taken any pictures as it has been a bit of a depressing spot, even for us! It is all gray, which probably hasn't helped, quite cold and very wet. Not until the very recent past did they begin insulating homes and making windows with more than 1 pane! It was also giving us a commute to work that was the last thing we wanted...so, we went out and found a new place we get to move into in a little over a week. It is a new (2 1/2 years old), cozy one bedroom, with a heck of a view, a great deck (for Z's BBQ), conveniently located, with lots of insulation, dual paned windows (YAY)! So, a new appreciation for warmth, dryness, and more sun! YAY! We will definitely be taking some pictures to share...Hope all is well with all of you and know we think of you often and miss you like mad...and send lots of Love your way...All the best...S&Z
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