We hiked a local track in Kaikoura yesterday. Nancy managed to get a good sunburn while we were at it. When we began the sky was heavily overcast - as soon as we were too far away from the car park to turn back, the sky cleared and intense sunshine persisted throughout the day. Part of our walk included heading down to the shore. As luck would have it, we were forced to climb up the side of a hill/cliff to get back onto the trail since a couple of very big sea lions decided to sun themselves on the rock and blocked our path. This was quite an experience and Nancy was completely out of her comfort zone. Once we started up there was no turning back and she was practically in tears as she crawled on her belly to the top of the ridge. There was no way Joe could help her either - she was on her own. The climb didn't look that bad from the rocky beach......but we won't be doing that again! Joe, of course, had no problem but he doesn't really want to do that one again either. Grass can be quite slippery when you're going straight up.
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