Disorganized chaos
My family and I went up Mt Ruapehu (Whakapapa ski-field) last Saturday to see what the conditions were like. Had they been better we would have tried to get some skiing in.
The weather was deteriorating and instead of the expected rain it began to snow. This caused some rather disastrous events. Over the loudspeakers we heard an announcement for anyone who had a two-wheel drive car to move it further down the mountain. Those that tried to move their cars or to leave the mountain often did so - sideways. Cars were sliding into other cars or off the road. In amongst all this some clown in a plough decided to try and break the land speed record while clearing the road of snow. The result was snow flying all over pedestrians, road cones (not snow cones) narrowly missing pedestrians and vehicles, and the plough itself coming close to removing everyone and everything from the mountain in a few quick runs.
We managed to quietly sneak away in our newly-tyred 4WD and head off to the hot pools - much better idea.
The weather was deteriorating and instead of the expected rain it began to snow. This caused some rather disastrous events. Over the loudspeakers we heard an announcement for anyone who had a two-wheel drive car to move it further down the mountain. Those that tried to move their cars or to leave the mountain often did so - sideways. Cars were sliding into other cars or off the road. In amongst all this some clown in a plough decided to try and break the land speed record while clearing the road of snow. The result was snow flying all over pedestrians, road cones (not snow cones) narrowly missing pedestrians and vehicles, and the plough itself coming close to removing everyone and everything from the mountain in a few quick runs.
We managed to quietly sneak away in our newly-tyred 4WD and head off to the hot pools - much better idea.
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