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Trip: Ohau, Deception Spur and Mangahao | Windy Hilltops — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:37:37 +0000

[...] Last time I visited this camp-site was with Craig, John and Paul, and at that time we had plans to do something very similar to this weekend. On that occasion, the weather was just so hot, consistent and drought-stricken, that on waking up we diverted from our main plan to instead walk up over the tops to Arete and Dundas, and then north over west peak, aiming for a nice track that’d been remembered from 10 through all the from West Peak. There was no intention of doing anything similar today, however. The days were shorter and the weather was less certain, for one thing. Entering the Ohau. [...]

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Flashy hydration systems | Windy Hilltops — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:02:39 +0000

[...] running out. I’ve accidentally run out of water a few times, but I think the worst was during a drought in the Tararuas where we spent the whole day trapped in leatherwood on ridges in hot sunshine, and it wasn’t [...]

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By: Trip: Ohau, Deception Spur and Mangahao | Windy Hilltops

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