Blue lake , Nelson Lake National Park , South Island , New Zealand!!!!


What a magic spot. It took 2 days of intense climbing though stunning NZ beech forest a climb over the Travers Pass and then up the Sabine valley until Pete (carpenter from Antarctica) and myself finally arrived here.)
A bit of history , Pete was in New Zealand for a wedding and wanted to hike the Routebourne track. Ive always wanted to do the Nelson Lakes , as they arent quite so well heard of , but 10 times more stunning in beauty.
We met up in Murchision then headed off into the National Park. Pete had read an artical of a route he wanted to attack so we followed that.

WE got here , FLOGGED !! its a heavy long climb with 20 odd kilos of gear in the backpack,including water and food for 5 days.
So a swim was in order . Unbeknown to us , this alpine lake is not only feed by a higher up lake , but also Spring feed. So COLD!!!!! it was a dive in , and a just as quick dive out !!Almost as cold as the mid winter Antarctic swim!!!