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Trip: Ruahine Corner and Ikawetea Forks Hut
Kevin and Illona ready to go, Sunday morning. Normally I wouldn’t worry about getting muddy when sliding through a 30 centimetre entrance of a flapping tent fly at 1400 metres, but a moment of realisation hit when I began to … Continue reading
Trip: Kiwi Saddle, Studholme Saddle, Mackintosh Hut
Rowena listening in to the 8pm sked of the Wellington Mountain Radio Service, Saturday night. We started out on Labour weekend with a basic plan of staying a couple of nights around Studholme Saddle Hut, and possibly heading further up … Continue reading
Trip: Heritage towards Tunupo
This weekend we had plans to do some more exploring around the southern Ruahines, but bailed out a day early with too much snow for the gear we’d brought, not to mention an extended mountain forecast of 120km/h gale-force nor-westerlies … Continue reading
Trip: Waitewaewae to Ohau via the Main Range
Amanda waits for the 2pm summer sunshine whilst overlooking the Park River, 300 metres below. Wellington Anniversary Weekend meant an opportunity to have a slightly longer trip in the Tararuas than the usual weekend, and we used it to visit … Continue reading
Trip: Climbing Mt Travers
Until now I hadn’t climbed a real mountain in any real sense, so I spent several weeks looking forward to tagging along on a trampey club alpine trip to Mt Travers, in Nelson Lakes, to see what was involved. The … Continue reading