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Trip: Blue Range Nav to Mid King Biv

Posted on 11 May, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

The hut book at Mid King Biv. Things began with an idea of a weekend expedition over the Tararua tops to Tarn Ridge Hut. Somehow, even with the weather cooperating for such an idea, things didn’t quite work out that … Continue reading →

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Trip: Snowy walk from Holdsworth to Mitre Flats

Posted on 4 June, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Queen’s Birthday Weekend in the Tararuas didn’t quite work out. There was snow back home in central Wellington, nearly to sea-level for the first time since about 1995, and there was easily snow down to 200 metres in the Tararuas. … Continue reading →

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Trip: Kiriwhakapapa to Cow Creek, Mitre Flats and Holdsworth Lodge

Posted on 15 May, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

There’s a certain feeling one can sometimes get when looking at a weather forecast the day before going tramping, to realise the entire country is be converged on by unavoidable freezing heavy rainfall from all directions. It’s a feeling that … Continue reading →

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Trip: Holdsworth Lodge to Mitre Flats and back

Posted on 6 May, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

I had a free weekend and I realised that I hadn’t been to the Tararuas for about six months! Don’t ask me how this happened because it’s my favourite mountain range. Since I had the time, I made up my … Continue reading →

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Trip: Blue Range, Mitre Flats, Bruce Hill

Posted on 22 April, 2007 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Well since the last post, my knee has completely healed and I’ve completed six weekend trips. My boots have been damaged twice (I think it’s a design flaw), and I’ve had one serious fall that ended in a 10 to … Continue reading →

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