Lake Pukaki is a beautiful, crystal clear and frigid alpine lake near the highest point in all of New Zealand, Mt Cook.
Video Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Lake Pukaki.
0:20 Stepping into the frigid lake.
1:00 Submerging the most sensitive body parts into the cold water.
1:05 Swimming in Lake Pukaki.
1:10 My sandal breaks.
1:20 Continuing with the swim.
1:35 Drinking the water in Lake Pukaki.
1:45 Walking out of Lake Pukaki.
2:35 The death of my sandal.
2:55 Realizing I don’t have sandals now…
3:00 Well, it was a successful swim.
3:08 Yuli wades out into the lake.
3:30 Mount Cook introduction blunder.
3:53 Mount Cook totally professional introduction.
4:33 Final scene of Mount Cook.
It’s the first time that I have ever consumed water from a natural lake in all of my life. The taste was a little “fishy.”
Unfortunately, my sandal would succumb to the cold whilst swimming in Lake Pukaki leaving me with a moment of deep reflection realizing that I would never be able to wear those sandals again, sandals that were part of my life for nearly 10 years.
I quickly got over the death of my sandal and continued on with the adventure!
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