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introduced problem is known as“ wilding”, I laughed in my helmet at the thought for in Australia we’ d use terms such as‘ noxious’,‘ feral’, or‘ weed’. It seemed“ wilding” was just too polite a way to describe a problem that is visually stunning.
Through Wanaka, the Haast Pass and a bridge known as the‘ Gates Of Haast’ we headed to the coast and found greater stimulation for the visual organs. It became a challenge as the riding was sublime and yet the surrounds demanded our attention, a fine balancing act of reading the road and taking in the scenes meant various stops. It was hard to complain as we were now in a region known for its glaciers, in itself nothing significant however, many of these ice formations terminate in rainforests, and although temperate,
seem to suggest a feeling of the tropics.
Astonishingly, New Zealand has almost 3,000 glaciers, and most in this region we were now riding. A break in the rainforests would provide a provocative glimpse of an ice-covered mountainside, and there it would be, another glacier, holding thousands of years of environmental history.
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