Flying over the glorious glaciers and luscious lakes of New Zealand’s Southern Alps en route to Queenstown.
New Zealand’s Southern Alps, known as Kā Tiritiri o te Moana in Māori, stretch 500 kilometers north-to-south on the western side of the country’s South Island. From the air, The Idiot thought it looked possible to climb Aoraki, aka Mount Cook. At 3,724 meters (12,218 feat) it’s the country’s tallest peak and highest point.
About Joel
Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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