A Door in the Wilderness??

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A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby whynotwalk » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 11:59 am

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The door on the Greenstone/Caples Track
I forgot to mention one very funny incident on our recent Greenstone/Caples walk. On the second day we found a door - that's right, an actual wooden door - in the middle of the track :!: It was miles away from any road, and could only have arrived by helicopter. Its purpose? Just a joke, I'm guessing. Those rascally Kiwis :lol:

But the incident did get me thinking about metaphorical doors ... and all things wild. The resulting blog post is here http://www.naturescribe.com/2012/04/door-to-wild.html

The rest of the walk is also described on the blog, starting here http://www.naturescribe.com/2012/03/against-flow.html

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Re: A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby photohiker » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 12:35 pm

Did you open it and walk through? Maybe it was a doorway into another universe? :mrgreen:
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Re: A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby whynotwalk » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 1:45 pm

** yes ... and I woke up here, inside a computer ... reading about walking instead of doing it **
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Re: A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby photohiker » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 1:50 pm

whynotwalk wrote:** yes ... and I woke up here, inside a computer ... reading about walking instead of doing it **


Better go back then, that sounds dreadful. :shock:
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Re: A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby sailfish » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 6:19 pm

If you happen upon a lamp post, you'll know where you are. wink:

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Re: A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby doogs » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 7:08 pm

Maybe they are advertising a University! There's a giant red door on my local golf course !!!!
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Re: A Door in the Wilderness??

Postby wayno » Fri 27 Apr, 2012 7:11 pm

either someone nicked it when they were doing one of the huts up or a helicopter probably dropped it....
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