Kirju, kellelegi?

Mail, anyone?

Palju on vaja,  et elu seiskuks ja/või tsivilisatsiooni (=ühiskonna) reeglid põhjalikult muutuma hakaksid?  Kui kaob elekter ja mobiilid hanguvad, tahvel- ja sülearvutikiibid sulavad, siis mis on järgmine aste?Saame ikkagi hakkama? Paberpost, tuvipost, suitsusignaalid? Loodetavasti ei saa me seda kunagi nägema. Ja kui saame, siis jätkugu meil huumorisoont "värvikate" stsenaariumide üleelamiseks.

How much is needed to break down and or change the common life (=civilization=society) as we know it? If the electricity is no longer available and mobile devices freeze, chips in pads and laptops just melt, then what is the next step? Will we still function? Paper mail, dove mail, smoke signals? Hopefully we will never see this and if we will, then let us all have enough humor to live through the "vivid" scenarios on our upcoming way. 

Taevas

Up in the Sky

Pool aastat tagasi oli lõunahemisfääris sügav talv. Kasutasin ära ideaalset ilma: võtsin enne koitu jalad selga, et mägede ilu nautida aovalguses. Kuna hommikul oli sõitjaid kesiselt, ronisin 2100m peale, liftidest kõrgemale. Paar hulljulget suusatajat oli tallanud sisse mõned jäljed off-piste sõitmiseks - astusin sama rada. Kui proovisin lumesügavust raja kõrval, vajusin pea vööni pulberlumme. Mõnus.

Half a year ago it was mid-winter in the southern hemisphere. I took advantage of the perfect weather: woke up before dawn and headed to the Remarkables. As there were only a few boarders in the morning I took off into the wilderness - area, where there was no marked paths nor ski patrols. Some adventure-seekers had trodden in some track to explore some off-piste's. I used the same track that was quite easy to walk (besides the altitude), but when I stepped off the track to test the powder depth, I instantly sank up to my waist. Gemütlich :)

Double Cone (2340m) keskel, vasakul üle tippude voolav pilvefront.  

Double Cone (2340m) in the middle, cloud system coming over the peaks on the left. 

Tavaline 720. The usual 720

Must rajamarker Stashi alguses. Black marker in the beginning of The Stash

Tühi Stash - liiga karmid atraktsioonid. Üks laudur, kes muidu paugutas 720-kraadiseid lende n-ö tavahüpekatest, ütles Burtoni väljatöötatud raja kohta, et lisaks väljapaneku massiivsusele on see ka "liiga hektline".  

The Stash is unused - too advanced features. One snowboarder who just had done some 720 deg jumps on the "usual" track, described the Stash as "too massive" and "too hectic". 

Üks väheseid tüüpe võttis ette Stashi Mägi Onni kõrval asuva betoontreppi.
One brave guy took on the concrete stairs of the Mountain Hut @the Stash 

Pilvesüsteem laskub sekunditega, järgneb totaalne whiteout. 

Weather system coming in within seconds, total whiteout follows. 

Aeg maha

Time Out

[(have) beautiful holidays & colourful new (year)]

Offline

Uus nurk

New angle

Hemingway

Kunagi olevat Ernest Hemingway öelnud, et igas maailma sadamas on vähemalt üks eestlane. Selle fakti vettpidavust polnud mul võimalust Christchurchi külje all Lytteltoni sadamas täpselt kontrollida, ent nägin üht härrast sadama piirdeaial nõjatumas ja laevu silmitsemas. Astusime kahe sõbraga sisse Fisherman's Wharfi ja poole tunni pärast sealt väljudes oli Hemingway-teisik ikka veel samas kohas seljaga meie poole mõttesse vajunult seismas. Lähenesin tasa, küsisin luba portreeks, ja tegin paar kiiret võtet. 

The commonly known tale among Estonians is that Ernest Hemingway once wrote something along the lines "In every port in the world, at least two Estonians can be found." This gentleman was standing quietly at the fence looking over the Lyttelton Port of Christchurch. After about a half an hour when I had finished my Corona at Fisherman's Wharf he was still there. I decided to take my chance and ask the Hemingway look-a-like for a permission to take a casual portrait of him. And I was lucky - after few exposures I thanked him and we drove off to Riccarton. 

Lund, palju lund

Snow, lots of snow

Double Cone

Sarnaselt kultusfilmile Matrix, kus Neo ütleb "Guns,..lots of guns", kõlab ka homse päeva moto "Lund, palju lund". Nimelt panen homme taas 3 kihti riideid ja 3 paari akusid kaasa, et minna mäele vastavatud the Stashi kuvama. Loodetavasti on peale lume ka palju head valgust :)

Similarly to the cult movie Matrix where Neo says "Guns, ..lots of guns", there is a motto for tomorrow lingering in my mind "Snow, ..lots of snow". In fact, it will be another day in the mountains tomorrow, so I'll put on 3 layers of garment and pack 3 sets of batteries to be ready to shoot the Stash. Hopefully there will be a lot of excellent light as well :)

Õige ilm

The right weather

TSS Earnslaw

Maast lahti!

Take-off!

Vanakooli koodlukuga esmaabikapp hoovõtu rajal.

Old school first aid cupboard at the take-off strip.

   Tema elukeskkond & minu töökeskkond. Her living environment & my work environment @2600ft

Ebatavaline

Unusual

Basket of Dreams by Caroline Robinson 

Tavaarusaama kohaselt peaks pildistama valgel ajal, päeval või veelgi parem "kuldsel tunnil" (koidu- või ehatund). Sarnast mustrit võib rakendada ka jalutamisele. Ent keegi pole kehtestanud seadust, et pimedamal ajal ei võiks eelpool nimetatuga tegelda. Nii võtsingi jalad selga kui päike loojus, et jõuda mäele "ebatavalisel" tunnil: ainsaks valguseks oli pilvedelt allapeegelduv linnakuma. Palja silmaga oli näha vaid metsa ja Unistuste/Unenägude Korvi siluett. Maa oli must ning sellest ei seletanud silm tükkigi. 

By the common understanding the preferred time for photographing is during the daylight hours or better yet on the golden hour (the hour during the dawn or dusk). The same pattern usually applies to strolling. But nobody (at least to my humble knowing) has not yet placed a law that would prohibit doing the previously mentioned things during the dark. So just as the sun was setting I decided to get up the mountain and got there for the "unusual" hour - only city lights were reflecting of the clouds. I could only see the silhouettes of the Basket of Dreams and the fores around me. The ground was dark as black velvet, so I couldn't recognize a thing in front of me. 

1093"

Kuuvalgustatud lake Wakatipu, paremal Bob's Peakil Skyline'i kondlijaam ning tagaplaanil keskel lumine Ben Lomondi mäeahelik, vasakul Fernhill. Vahel pole palja silmaga näha kõik detailid kui mõnest "stseenist" läbi või mööda jalutada (eriti öösel),  pikem säritus toob nii mõndagi välja..

The moonlit lake Wakatipu, Bob's Peak with Skyline's gondola station on the right, Ben Lomond on the background in the centre, Fernhill on the left. One can't craps enough visual information when walking into/by a "scene" (especially at night) but longer exposure can reveal much more..

Tongariro

Mt Tongariro & Mt Ngauruhoe

Alpiõied. Alpine petals

Ketetahi kuumaveeallikad asuvad eramaal, mis kuulub kohalikele hõimudele. Ligipääs on õigustatult piiratud, et maoori pühapaik hoida selleks ettenähtud pühitsetud talitusteks. Ka naaberahelikult saab aimu allikate võimsusest ja müstilisest mõjust.

Ketetahi Hot Springs are situated on private land that belongs to the Ngati Tuiwharetoa people. Access to the place is restricted on purpose to keep the maori sacred place untouched for the religious acts. You can get the impression of the mightiness and mystic influence from the neighboring ridge. 

Keskkraater, Punane kraater ja kõige taga Ngauruhoe mägi. Must mass keskplaanis on kivistunud laava. Viimasel ajal pole purskeid esinenud, ent siiani loetakse vulkaane aktiivseteks. Vänge väävlilõhn tuletab pidevalt meelde varitsevat ohtu. 

The Central Crater, the Red Crater and Mount Ngauruhoe. The black land mass in the middle ground is petrified lava. There has been no eruptions recently, but the area is still considered volcanically active and the strong sulfur fumes are constant to remind you the evident danger. 

Sinine järv. The Blue Lake

Keskkraatris on tunne justkui oleksid sattunud mõnele võõrale planeedile: ookrikarva kivid ja liiv, mitte ainsatki taime ega elusolendit, peakohal kalgilt kiiskav päike. Tühjus. Kuna silma ei hakka ühtki tuttava kuju või suurusega objekti, kaob ka mastaabitunne. Tuleb meelde Stanley Kubrick.

In the Central Crater it feels like being on an alien planet: red and ocher rocks and sand, no other living being or plant around, only the cold radiating sun above your head. Emptiness. As there is no familiar sized objects around it is impossible to assess the distances. It reminds me of Stanley Kubrick. 

Emerald Lakes

Punase kraatri serval (1911m abs). On the ridge of the Red Crater

Keskkraatrist väljumas. Exiting the Central Crater

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Pilves selgimistega

Cloudy w clearings 

Cecil Peak (1978m)

Suhtelised kõrgused on petlikud: tundub, nagu oleksin mäe ees hõljuva pilvega samal kõrgusel. Reaalsus on aga teine: Wakatipu järv on 310m üle merepinna, pildistades seisin u 400m peal ja taamal olev mäetipp on aga pea 2000m, seega konkreetse pilve keskmine kõrgus merepinnast on pigem 1000m kanti. Peale fakti, et olen veetnud enamiku elust ühes maailma mägedevaeseimas riigis, saab "süüdistada" veel eriti puhast ja selget Uus-Meremaa õhku.

The relative height seems different from the reality: looks like that the height of my viewpoint is the same as the centre of the cloud that is floating in front of the Cecil Peak. In fact, Lake Wakatipu is 310m from the sea level, I was standing at 400m and the peak is almost 2000m above mean sea level. Visually measured, the cloud is at about 1000m AMSL. Besides the fact that I have lived most of my life in one of the world flattest countries, New Zealand has very clean and clear air that makes assessing the heights and distances even harder. 

Peidetud saar

Hidden Island

 Lake Wakatipu & Cecil Peak

The Remarkables 

Hidden Island