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Daywalk: Ruapehu Crater Lake
The summit plateau during summer, Dome Shelter partly obscured behind. If you followed his blog, you’d think that Craig never leaves his bike behind these days. He occasionally gets out in tramping boots though, which is great because he’s probably … Continue reading
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Tagged bagged:dome shelter, daywalk, independent trip, moraine, screeeeee, search and rescue, snow, tongariro
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Trip: Waterfall Hut via Tussock Creek, and Te Atuaoparapara
Bernie in front of the sunrise behind Rangi Saddle. Last weekend we visited the Ruahines, and I was finally able to see Sunrise Hut, which I’ve heard so much about. It was only a brief part of a much larger … Continue reading
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Tagged bagged:sunrise hut, bagged:triplex hut, bagged:waikamaka hut, bagged:waterfall hut, rivers, ruahines, screeeeee, tramping, wtmc
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Trip: Lake Dive to North Egmont
I visited Eggie between Christmas and New Year, and stayed a couple of nights on the mountain. More specifically, I started around Lake Dive and Dawson Falls on the southern side, and made my way around to North Egmont via … Continue reading

