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Daywalk: Hovering around Pouakai Hut, Henry Peak and the Pouakai Summit

Posted on 17 March, 2012 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Looking back from near Pouakai Summit. Returning from the West Island for a week and a half, I found some time to wander more in the vicinity of Eggie—also one of New Zealand’s cultural centres of insane mountain running. I’d … Continue reading →

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Daywalk: Climbing Mount Taranaki from North Egmont

Posted on 11 February, 2011 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

I’ve visited Taranaki a few times in the past few years, and I used to think that clouds stuck to Mt Taranaki in the middle. Now I know that it’s really the entire Taranaki district that’s clouded over, but the … Continue reading →

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Trip: Powell, Totara Flats and Sayers

Posted on 18 December, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Saturday night sunset on Totara Flats. This is meant to be a tramping club trip, though really it’s just Éamonn and me. We’re the “social” trip, but I think people bailed on the social idea when it became clearer that … Continue reading →

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Trip: Stanfield, Cattle Creek, and Mid Pohangina

Posted on 8 December, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

I’ve not been to the Tamaki West Road entrance to the Ruahines for a few years, but recently we went back with an intent to cross to the other side, following what seemed to be the most obvious route along … Continue reading →

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Trip: Pouakai Circuit (slightly modified)

Posted on 28 November, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

It wouldn’t be right to visit Egmont National Park in an uncommon state. That’s why I was thrilled to see that after three continuous weeks of dreadful looming sunshine, our planned weekend would be smothered with buckets of welcoming hydration. … Continue reading →

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Skimming the Akatarawas

Posted on 4 October, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Yesterday, being bright and sunny, I was looking for something to do, and thought I might attempt to find the proposed location of a new water catchment dam on the Whakatikei River in the Akatarawas. Such a dam is one … Continue reading →

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Trip: Arete Forks via Cow Saddle and Waingawa

Posted on 28 September, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Last weekend we ventured out to reach Arete Forks, which lies near the upper reaches of the Waingawa River in the Tararua Range. Rather than take the most direct route, a fairly boring sidling track, the four of us intended … Continue reading →

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