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Trip: Crow Hut, McKinnon Hut and general confusion

Posted on 29 June, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

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

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

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: Walking the Mokihinui River, Southern Branch

Posted on 14 January, 2010 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

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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Origin of The Rain

Posted on 1 October, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

People in Taranaki are proud of their mountain, and they’re also proud of it’s usefulness as a forecasting tool. A popular saying is that If you can’t see the mountain, it’s raining. If you can see the mountain, it’s going … Continue reading →

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Trip: Ruamahanga, Blue Range, Te Mara and Kiriwhakapapa

Posted on 16 September, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Last weekend we had a nice navigation trip in the Tararuas, along part of Blue Range, organised by Marie and Alistair. It was largely a navigation trip, and was well worthwhile despite persistent rain. Apart from an overnight stop at … Continue reading →

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Wellington Harbour bottle caps

Posted on 12 July, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Earlier today I walked around Oriental Parade and up over the Southern Walkway, and hopping off at Kilbirnie before spending about an hour sitting under the northern end of the runway at Wellington Airport, watching the planes struggle in. It … 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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Good river stories

Posted on 19 March, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

Just in case you had any doubts about how dangerous rivers can potentially be at the wrong time (following from one of my earlier posts), Frank and Sue over at Our Hiking Blog have recently posted a telling story from … Continue reading →

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Rain rain rain

Posted on 28 February, 2009 by Mike McGavinPrint This Post Print This Post

I like rain, and so far it’s been raining a lot this weekend. I have several friends spending their time in the Tararuas this weekend, mostly in the region of Totara Flats. It’d be really nice to have been able … Continue reading →

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