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Tag Archives: change of plans
Re-living the Sutch Search (Part 3 of 3)
Following from part one and part two. From Evening Post, Issue 100, 1 May 1933, Page 10 (additional): RECALL OF SEARCHERS A LONG PROCESS It is expected that it will be several days before all the searchers can he recalled. … Continue reading
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Re-living The Sutch Search (Part 2 of 3)
This post follows part 1 and is continued in part 3. From Evening Post, Issue 100, 1 May 1933, Page 7: TRAMPERS FOUND IN THE TARARUAS AFTER A FORTNIGHT IN THE RANGES.— The four trampers who have been travelling through … Continue reading
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Re-living The Sutch Search (Part 1 of 3)
After the recent post regarding the search for Esmond Kime, I’ve decided that the New Zealand National Library’s Papers Past service is a gold mine of interesting history, with an added benefit of not needing to extract and dump 2,000 … Continue reading
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Trip: Crow Hut, McKinnon Hut and general confusion
Above McKinnon Hut. Getting out of Crow Hut right now is one of the more awkward climbs from a valley I’ve personally had. We more or less slid down the hill-side yesterday morning, persistent rain apparently making the topsoil absolutely … Continue reading
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Trip: Walls Whare to Totara Flats, and Cone Peak
Near Cone Peak. A few times now, I’ve wondered just how many degrees of separation there are between people who visit New Zealand’s back-country. Maybe a few people know nearly everyone, and the whole network is very closely connected. Maybe … Continue reading
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Trip: Blue Range Nav to Mid King Biv
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
The Hut Fallacy
A clouded in Kime Hut on the exposed tops of the Southern Crossing, Tararua Range. fallacy [fal-uh-see]. 1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.. 2. a … Continue reading
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Trip: Walking the Mokihinui River, Southern Branch
The Mokihinui River, near the south-west side of Kahurangi National Park, has a large catchment. Our new years’ walk along the river was inspired by recent plans of Meridian Energy to build an 85 metre dam, which would flood the … Continue reading
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Trip: Snowy walk from Holdsworth to Mitre Flats
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: Rangiwahia to Heritage via Triangle and Iron Gates
Honestly, who would have thought it’d be rainy fogged-in weather on Labour Weekend? Apparently not us, because we had a fairly intensive tramp planned that would have gone from Rangiwahia over to Howletts, then back via Iron Gates. Unfortunately it … Continue reading
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