Mount Taranaki Summit Climb  2023

Mount Taranaki (Maori: Taranaki Maunga; also known as Mount Egmont) is a stratovolcano on the west side of New Zealand’s north island. At 2,518 metres (8,261 ft), it towers above the rolling farm lands encircling its outer reaches far below. It last erupted in 1854 and is presently considered to be dormant.  While the summit trail starts out with countless stairs, you are soon navigating a loose pumice plain and onto a steep igneous rock face as you climb ever higher towards the summit. The peak is sacred to the Maori, who believe that everything in the universe is equal to humans. Experiencing Taranaki’s upper reaches can change your perspective of our world and our place within it.

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