Taranaki homecoming
It was a peaceful summer evening as I stood peering out the small windows of Syme Hut. I’d grown up holidaying in the Taranaki region but never seen the maunga from this perspective. Sitting at an altitude of 1940m, it felt like I had a direct, level line of sight to the summit.
A large shadow cast down the mountain’s eastern face while the western side glowed a vibrant orange as the sun moved closer to the horizon. I could see pockets of dark volcanic rock and slivers of ice tucked
