{"id":1105,"date":"2018-01-09T10:56:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2018-01-09T10:56:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T21:56:01","slug":"back-to-queenstown-for-fourth-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/back-to-queenstown-for-fourth-trip.php","title":{"rendered":"Back to Queenstown for fourth trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"gareththomasnz\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.freefitnessguru.com\/blog\/bodybuilding-2\/back-to-queenstown-for-fourth-trip.php\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Yes finally my rotator cuff was healed enough to carry both my 120ltr bergen &#038; small day pack at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Off I went for a 19 day visit. The plane landed at around 2pm. Weather was overcast and I booked into a private suite at Nomads Backpackers for the first night.<\/p>\n<p>I had no idea if my tent would still be there as last year I did not get up the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>I was pleased to find it on the first day after a two hour climb &#8211; that first climb was tough. The next day I cheated &#038; took the big bergen up via the gondola. I set up camp &#038; remained in tent for the next 2 weeks straight.<\/p>\n<p>I climbed a total of 20,000 feet in those 2 weeks. Maybe lost a kilo &#8211; and I lost a clear amount of belly fat so I am looking pretty fit. It was a substantial body composition improvement.<\/p>\n<p>My diet was chocolate bars, trail mix, nuts &#038; delicious roast mutton which the local supermarket sells super cheap &#8211; fully cooked whole legs of lamb.<\/p>\n<p>I had a couple of salads &#038; took most of my supplements including Ginseng.<\/p>\n<p>I went on a cruise of Lake Wakatipu &#038; had a road trip to Mt Cook.<\/p>\n<p>In short it was totally beautiful and again my friends the little birds sang to me every evening &#038; came home to roost in the tree above my tent. I was pleased to see the wild goat family is still there too.<\/p>\n<p>Next trip I want to hike up the remarkables which will be tough &#038; require a healed up shoulder. I also want to do a few days at Doubtful Sound.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4690\/38686848054_e6af43708d_c.jpg\" alt=\"gareth thomas queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4683\/39394882951_6bcacf684c_z.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Cook\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4645\/39364837322_9589dd0955_z.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Cook\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4646\/25450985978_002fa3077f_z.jpg\" alt=\"queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4737\/39248022361_b2b519228e_z.jpg\" alt=\"queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4730\/38686845674_a451153419_z.jpg\" alt=\"queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4595\/38442707935_7147b7195a_z.jpg\" alt=\"queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4739\/39248000271_c0c8f8843e_z.jpg\" alt=\"queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4640\/38517070455_fcf525de50_z.jpg\" alt=\"mt cook\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4682\/27617784259_e5f2f5d938_z.jpg\" alt=\"bendigo\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4643\/38540334194_efba76825e_z.jpg\" alt=\"queenstown\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Yes finally my rotator cuff was healed enough to carry both my 120ltr bergen &#038; small day pack at the same time. Off I went for a 19 day visit. The plane landed at around 2pm. Weather was overcast and I booked into a private suite at Nomads Backpackers for the first night. 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