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Last weekend I was at the Dome Shelter on Mount Ruapehu.

This week I was summiting the Dome Valley north of Warkworth. At only 330m above sea level is a quite a bit lower then Ruapehu. And a lot easier ie 1 hour to the summit 3 hours return.

What does Rangitoto look like from 70km north of Auckland? The same that is does from everywhere else. Stands out like anything.

Looking south to the small town of Warkworth

Two trucks working their way through the Dome Valley being able to look down on the road was odd. It looked straight and easy. When in reality it is windy and hilly. Shows you how much perspective means to everything.

Panoramic View looking south from the Dome. (Click on the image for a larger photo)

Well this is me at the Dome 2672m above sea level on the top of Mount Ruapehu. Behind me is the Crater Lake and behind that is Tahurangi at 2797m which is the true summit of Ruapehu (but noone ever climbs it).

This is the second time that I have summited Rupaheu the first time was in January 2004 and the two main differences between this time and last time was the lack of snow. WE HAD NONE. Not even on the summit. Last time we had snow all the way from the top of Knoll Ridge at the top of the Whakapapa Ski Field. The second difference was the amount of ash on the mountain which made the climb and descent very hard because you had to be so careful not to slip. Oh and the minor third difference was this time we got a headstart by using the chairlifts which save you 400m of climbing and 3+ hours of tramping.

This is part of the party on the summit. 12 people went from Massey Albany.

This is some of our party and a whole lot of other people at the Dome using the Dome Shelter as a wind break to stop the wind. The air temp was quite warm (a few degrees above 0) but the wind was very cold, strong and icy when it got you.

This is the Dome Shelter with the very clear warning on it about not using it unless in emergency. Something that two climbers didn’t adhere to last year and almost paid with their lives because of it when the mountain did decide to make an emergency and erupt.

This is the Crater Lake which of course is the active vent of Ruapehu and causes all the eruptions.

These two photos show the damage that is caused when the Crater Lake gets too full and a Lahar occurs.

This is Te Heuheu (2732m) with the Summit Plateau in front. On our descent we cross the Plateau and came down over the Te Hehehu Ridge which is to the left. The Plateau was full of ash that sometimes you went ankle to knee deep in.

These are groups of people walking along the Dome Ridge to the Dome.

On top of the world. Looking South. You can normally see south to Taihape, Bulls, Palmerston North etc. Of course only when there are no clouds. But look at our height above the clouds.

Looking North. You can again normally see almost to Hamilton.

Looking down the Whangaehu Glacer. This is where the Lahars generally run. You can see the Dessert Road and the Army Training Grounds beyond that.

The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

With this in mind I have to ask is the following quote poverty?

From now on, I am deemed poor… coz I have money I can’t touch…

Is having you can’t touch poor? I don’t think so. If you put up a barrier to money that you have that is your that is your problem. You are not poor. You are simply acting.

Say I was to have $10,000 and I decided to lock $9,900 away into a six month term deposit. I only have $100 left. Can I honestly claim that I am poor. NO. I am not poor I have simply decided to be stubborn with my money to try and claim some sympathy. It is Disgusting Behavior. NOT because you have money. But because that you have money and at the same time you are trying to claim that you don’t. It is deceitful and lying to say that you are poor.

Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. Proverbs 30:8 NIV

More craziness from the states:

The seven prophetic years in the Biblical Tribulation have a total of 2520 days (7 x 360). The Antichrist will rule during this period and the number of his name is 666. The following combinations of Hillary Clinton’s names yield both of these values:

The sum of the 28 ASCII codes for: ‘HILLARY CLINTON’ (uppercase) + ‘Hillary Clinton’ (title case) is 2520.

The sum of the lowercase ASCII codes for all four of her names: ‘hillary diane rodham clinton’ equals 2664 which equals: 4 x 666.

Now ASCII codes (created c1900s) prove that Hillary is the anti-christ? I think I need a good does of Green Day’s American Idiot song right about now.

Note: I am a Barack Obama supporter and believe that he represents a new era in America and awakening and a liberalising of the States.

Since it was mentioned to me a few weeks ago after church I have been following the net hysteria which is the Obama Anti-Christ Roadshow.

If you do a search for Obama Antichrist you will get hundreds of pages of conspiracy about Barack Obama being the Anti-Christ. In my opinion it is all a lot of nonsense from people out their trying to disrupt democracy instead of encouraging it. You should be campaigning for a candidate and for or against and issue NOT directly against a person.

If you have not already seen some of the pages a good place to start would be here: http://www.barackobamaantichrist.blogspot.com/

This morning I came across a video on YouTube about Obama being the Anti-Christ. Watch it below. My comments on the video are below as well.

Mabus? I’m sure if I put other words together I will randomly create other words as well. For instance I can prove that Grandma is the Anti-Christ and that she is using her cookie business to promote global domination. e.g. Grandma Business = grandMABUSiness see the MABUS by running the two words together? Do you think I am nuts and silly? Well running Obama and Bush together is nuts as well. Two other points that I note about this is that if Obama is going to succeed Bush then shouldn’t the words be run together the other way around so it becomes bushobama. Wow I can see HOB in there I guess that means 5 possible things a) (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings b) (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous c) A hard steel edge tool used to cut gears d) A shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm e) [Brit] The top of a cooker with hotplates or burners. I love the last one. Yes Obama and Bush together are a hotplate! My second point is this. The Anti-Christ is a christian notion from the Bible. Nostradamus was never a christian so how come we are using non-christian “prophecies” to try and relate them to christian ones?

2012. The world is going to end in 2012 because a calendar ends in 2012? That is the same logic of the Y2K bug. Because we invented this measure of time somehow the world has to obey it. Well the world didn’t end because of the Y2K issue. And it will not end because some Calendar ends.

Pro-abortion. The anti-christ would be Pro-abortion. Do we know this of is the maker of this video assuming? Give me facts, give me truths not assumptions or opinions.

World leader? If Obama does not become the next President someone else will. They will be a world leader. What makes Obama so special from the rest. Nothing!

Peace? I sure hope whoever the next President of the US is wants peace. If not we are all doomed anyway.

Most powerful man on earth? Again regardless of who is elected they will be the most powerful. So how is Obama any different from the rest?

Satan, and Violence? Again opinion, crazy opinion. Where is the evidence? Where are the facts? Where is the true? Whatever happened to innocence until proven guilty? But why do we even need to go that far there is not even a shread of possible factual evidence to even bring these scare mongering claims. I guess some people still use the logic of the Salem Witch Trials. Have we gone nowhere in the last 300+ years?

Not putting your hand on your heart? Gosh if that makes you the anti-christ then you better burn me at the stake now.

The ending. I find the ending of this video the funnest thing of all. I am sure that my bible says that you should bless your enemy and pray for them NOT against them.

I am a firm believer in freedom of speech but hate speech, and untruefull speech is extremely bad because it spreads mistruths and does not allow people to make an informed and honest decision.