Eventhough yesterdays forecast was to have terrible weather. We woke up to awesome weather. Bright, sunny & no wind. Excellent day for hiking and taking pictures.

We started our 16KM hike towards Emstrur.

We walked thru 2 rivers in which we had to take off our boots to cross as the depth of the rivers were up to almost knee height.

Both my knees were aching as soon as I woke up but slowly got better as the day passed.

Walking on volcanic ash.

A dormant volcant.

About 2/3rds of the way, we could see a cloud behind us

It got cold and started to drizzle about 10 minutes before we reached the hut. We arrived in the afternoon after about an 8 hour hike and spend some time with out hut buds from Holland, Germany & Spain.

Went to bed at about 10pm. We cold hear strong winds hitting the huts while we were sleeping, and would wake me up every time. All I could think about was what weather it would be like the next day.