Mangawhero Falls.
A while back, in the middle of winter, I thought it would be a good idea to spend a night sleeping in my truck half way up the side of Mt Ruapehu. It was unbelievably cold. Never the less, being on the mountain in the mist and the stillness without any other people around is kind of special and I thought it was worth it. Some time after this I told my friend Steve about my excursion, and inspired by this image and my story he decided to try it for him self. Also a keen photographer, Steve hiked up the side of the mountain and camped on the eastern face in the hope of capturing sunrise across the Rangipo desert. He said it was so cold that he had to keep himself awake by doing press ups in his tent all night in fear of dying of hypothermia in his sleep. He also had the ranger chase him down asking him why he would do a damn fool thing like sleep on the side of the mountain in the middle of winter. I cant help but feel partially responsible.