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No: 059 | Date: 2004-08-16 | French Polynesia, Society Islands, Bora Bora
Power Hike. Using navigation skills on a muddy path to the 661m summit of Mt. Pahia.
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Bora Bora is the island where postcards of aqua lagoons come to life. We were welcomed by a humpback whale waving his fluke to show us the way into the reef.
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JF Thye
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6.00am on a beautiful morning. The water is flat like a mirror. It's hard to tell where the sky starts and the horizon ends.
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Daniel Michahelles
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We humans become very small creatures next to these huge plants on our hike to Mt. Pahia.
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JF Thye
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We made it to the top without any markings along the entire trail. It was more guessing than actually knowing. Quite an adventurous trail.
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JF Thye
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To our right is another peak called Mt. Otemanu (727m). Turquoise water coloring within the protective reef of Bora Bora.
Photo by:
Daniel Michahelles
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Thick plants with no real path made it very difficult to conquer the summit.
Photo by:
Daniel Michahelles
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Vaitape the main village on Bora Bora is 661m below our feet. Don't trip it's a long way down.
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JF Thye
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At this edge we hade to scale down with a rope which was already attached to tree roots to get down safely. It would have been great to have an harness for this part.
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Daniel Michahelles
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Dimensions out of the ordinary.
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Daniel Michahelles
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Every step had to be carefully selected. Our path changed from tight thicket to mud, across stone ridges, dried out river beds up to tree roots picking in order to claim down the non existing path.
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Daniel Michahelles
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Back down again on sea level after a 5 hour power hike. What a great exercise for all of us.
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Daniel Michahelles
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A great change were the many different varieties of tropical tries and bushes which had lush green colors after having seen so many ocean blue colors.
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JF Thye
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Local kids playing in the front garden. A simple swing keeps them busy for hours.
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JF Thye
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We have to go on because we have to make it before the sun sets. There would be no chance to get back without the light.
Photo by:
Cally Logsdon
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The fern looks more like an Alien with the size of a fist.
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Cally Logsdon
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We manage to hitch a ride on the back of a truck with several kids enjoying our company.
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Cally Logsdon
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The cute little girl makes the perfect smile with her hair blowing in the wind.
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Cally Logsdon
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The Polynesians are very religious. Their church is one of the biggest building on the island.
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Cally Logsdon
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One of our sail battens burst during our sail to Bora Bora.
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Daniel Michahelles
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The famous Bora Bora Hotel where manta rays regularly swim along the shallow reef.
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Cally Logsdon
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