Queenstown, Cromwell and Wanaka, New Zealand

The Queenstown Classic and the Mountain Goat

Distance: 300 kmQueenstown to Wanaka and back over the Crown Range
Where: QueenstownCromwell and Wanaka, New Zealand
When: Mar 5, 2016Saturday
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The Queenstown Classic, 300 km, and the Mountain Goat award.

Queenstown Classic 300km. Stage 1: complete.

A wooden jetty running out into the still blue water of Lake Dunstan, brown hills and poplars beyond — Lake Dunstan, Cromwell. Stage 1: complete.

Stage 2: almost to Hawea, en route to Wanaka. The day couldn’t have been any better.

My first medal of 2016: the Mountain Goat of the Queenstown Classic, a 300km ride from Queenstown to Wanaka and back over the Crown Range, for a great cause. I have been called a mountain goat before, for running in mountain tracks in my sandals, but it was humbling to receive the award.

A hand holding up a medal reading 25000spins Mountain Goat Award, a lake and mountains under grey cloud behind — The Mountain Goat award.

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