The weekend of the 25th of August we went up to Mount Cook and stayed at Unwin Lodge (NZAC Base Lodge) for Charlotte's 21st. (Teri's sister). A great weekend was had by all, everyone dressing up on Saturday night for a big game of "Who am I" were players take turns at guessing who people are supposed to be by their costume. With about 50 people attending it was a strange sight to behold. The next day was a lazy morning, a hearty breakfast melded into brunch which somehow rolled into a wonder up Mount Sebastopol with Ben, Alex and Tammy. A good short scramble up broken and fissured rock, some of it more loose than we would have prefered, however we went one at a time so as not to dislodge rocks onto each others heads.
The best part was the descent, which was scree running down a really nice scree slope. Ben being the descent specialist he is was down in less than 20 mins I think. Teri and I took a bit longer, this also being the first time I had ever been scree running so it was good to soak it up. I have since read a trip report on the web describing that slope as one of the nicest scree runs in NZ. A trip to the Old Mountaineers Cafe and bar for an ice cream before heading to the lodge to pack up and drive home through the Lindas Pass, another beautiful piece of country, and another brilliant piece of road engineering. Nice drive it is. 
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