Landing on Cecil Peak
Helicopter Height Confusion
I was so excited to fly up here with Choppy. Right before we landed, I realized that I was completely confused as to how high off the ground we were. I thought we were getting close because the scale of everything looked right, but then as we kept sinking lower, I discovered I was totally wrong! I don’t know if I could ever be a helicopter pilot with such a bad sense of scale. I’m good with manmade objects, but with natural stuff, it’s kind of hard to tell when looking straight down until the very last minute (at least, for me).
Daily Photo – Landing on Cecil Peak
This is my first time up on Cecil Peak, which is one of many mountains you can see towering over Queenstown. It sits right on one of the apexes of Lake Wakatipu. Whenever I describe the shape of the lake, I always describe it like a little lightning bolt — like the scar on Harry Potter’s head. This peak is right at one of those little turns and Queenstown is on the opposite side. Until you actually get up here, you have no idea how big some of these rock spires are!
