The Pylon, Cascade Saddle, New Zealand
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This is the Pylon area on the Cascade Saddle Route that connects Aspiring Hut in the Matukituki Valley with Dart Hut on the Rees-Dart Track in the Dart Valley. The ascent from the Matukituki Valley is steep but the challenge really lies later near the top when there are some rocky outcrops and ledges to negotiate. The Pylon is so named as there is a small steel tower at the top that marks the end of the ascent. The Dart Glacier, here to the left could be observed here without venturing down 300m or so to the Cascade Saddle. Mt. Aspiring is in the centre and the valley below where the Matukituki river runs easternly is unsurprisingly called the West Matukituki Valley. At the extreme end, hidden here is the Raspberry Creek where there is a car park to leave one's vehicle behind. The Shark's Tooth peak is that rather distinct peak with a sharp edge on the right.
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Forever has always existed.
In the mythology of Oceanic peoples, it's been there along with Darkness and the Sea.
The Earth came from the efforts of Old Spider, who soared over the endless sea and found a giant clam. She opened it and crawled inside, finding a snail there to share the space with her. She set the snail in the west and made it into the Moon to shed some light into the darkness. Together they raised up the top of the clam shell to make the sky, pushing it until it was wide open.
Then they pushed the bottom half of the clam shell in the other direction to make the ground. The earth was called Papa and the sky Ranga. These are the two first beings who created all the flowers, plants, trees and animals on the islands, and fish in the sea.
They celebrated all their open space by making as many beautiful creatures as they could imagine, but they still remained separated by the work of the original Old Spider. Each night, Ranga weeps for his beloved Papa earth, and this is where the morning dew comes from.
Polynesia means "many islands" and when you see these pictures, you will want to visit all of them. To make it simple, the islands sit in a triangle described by connecting Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island.
There are over a thousand of these islands of surfer's paradise in the central and south Pacific Ocean. It's stunning. Look at the color of the water here! And the sunset... these speak for themselves. Could you be happy in this little house? How about some reef diving inside a lagoon?
Put this one in full screen and don't come back. Love, 360.
Text by Steve Smith.
