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Tag Archives: navigation
Trip: High Ridge and nav to Mountain House
High Ridge. It’s been a while since I’ve been out with the WTMC, largely due to other things happening. I decided it was time to change that, and found a scheduled trip to High Ridge. I hadn’t been to High … Continue reading
Floyd Pond: A New Tararua Lake
There’s an interesting report on Stuff this evening about a landslide in the upper Tauherenikau catchment of the Tararua, which has created a new lake in the catchment surrounded by the Dress Circle and Alpha. The new lake was reported … Continue reading
Taranaki exploration ideas
The two ends of what used to be the Pyramid Route. In the past I’ve dropped a few references to the various tracks around Egmont National Park which have been ‘closed’ (in official terms) in relatively recent times. Reasons have … Continue reading
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Tagged department of conservation, egmont national park, musing, navigation
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Browsing Historic Topo Maps with MapsPast
If you like topo maps, and especially trawling through historic topo maps of New Zealand, then check out the new MapsPast website, thrown together by Matt Briggs. Maps are great. For me, looking at maps and understanding what’s around is … Continue reading
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Tagged history, land information new zealand, link propagation, maps, navigation
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Trip: Tapokopoko Kotumu Loop
Alistair in typical surroundings. It’s easy to overlook the Orongorongo Valley and surrounding Rimutaka Range, especially with additional tramping options so nearby, notably the Tararuas. That’s something I’ve often been guilty of. Until relatively recently, my most common perception of … Continue reading
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Tagged navigation, onga onga, rimutakas, screeeeee, tramping, wellington tramping and mountaineering club
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Trip: Rimutaka Mukamuka Runaway
The mighty Mukamuka River trickles through the lower parts of its catchment. It’s Friday evening, and seven of us arrived at Catchpool Valley carpark at about 6.30pm. It’s quite a nice change to visit a place so near to Wellington, … Continue reading
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Tagged navigation, onga onga, rimutakas, screeeeee, tramping, wellington tramping and mountaineering club
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Trip: Blackwater, Twin Peak, Butchers Creek, South Ohau
This weekend should be spent mostly in rivers, and it’s helpful that the upcoming forecast is actually accommodating. A very small amount of rain forecast from the east, some wind high up, but otherwise sunshine to burn. This is my … Continue reading
Collins Ultimate Navigation Manual, by Lyle Brotherton (a review)
I don’t normally refer to material without a direct New Zealand connection, but I’ve made an exception in this case. In my kiwi-centric world (at least on this website) I’m very interested in outdoor navigation. Globally the Collins Ultimate Navigation … Continue reading
Detecting a faulty baseplate compass
My Silva Field 7 Baseplate Compass. Usually when intuition says one thing and a compass says something else, it means your intuition is wrong. More than a few times, I or a group I’ve been in have had a compass … Continue reading
GPSs and Cognitive Mapping, or lack of it
Late in 2010, I expressed some concerns about uses and perceptions of GPS receivers and similar technology. This article published in the New York Times (copied verbatim here if the NYT tries to force you to subscribe) refers to some … Continue reading
