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Mangahao to Ohau
Jan 30th 2011
“Led” a fit trip with the WTMC from Mangahao, to Barra Creek, up a spur to Dundas Ridge, past Arete and down Gable End to Ohau. On Friday night we walked about half way to Harris Creek and camped there. Saturday we continued on to Barra Creek and veered east along the stream to the
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Levin to Masterton Mid Crossing
Dec 12th 2010
Originally an 81km 60MJ trip, I shortcut it slightly when I managed to get a ride over part of the road portion. This was a bit of an unplanned trip and I didn’t have any supplies on-hand. I booked a bus ride to Levin in the afternoon and went to the supermarket when I got
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Tramp Roulette TR2
Nov 28th 2010
I went for the second ever Tramp Roulette, accompanied by Mario, Meg and Rochelle. We met at Mario’s place in Lower Hutt for the roll. We opted to roll a “yellow” goal, which is supposedly a 2 day trip, and we ended up with 1806095E 5481168N. I was a little disappointed because it was right
More > Tararuas Run
Aug 1st 2010
This weekend I did a run from the Marchant Road end. I was intending to head over the main range and meet up with Rowena, Ross, Gavin, Steve and Jenny at Totara Flats. Just as I was coming around the Dress Circle a nasty front poured over the tops and I found myself flat on
More > Tararuas Tramp
Jul 16th 2010
We went for a wander up from Otaki Forks with a plan to head back out via Renata, but we ended up stopping at Kime and just went back the following day. A little bit chilly with a temperature of 1ºC in the hut.
More > Trip to Mitre/Tarn Ridge
Jun 5th 2010
This was a three day trip. The plan was to do a loop, but we got weathered in pretty badly. We ended staying put at Tarn Hut for the day on Sunday and headed out on Monday when the wind dropped a little bit. The wind was still strong enough to be flipping us upside
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Tararua Mountain Race
Mar 13th 2010
We were providing SAR support for the race and assisting a little with marshalling. I ended up de-facto team leader with Tara and Marie on my team. It was a really quite pleasant and satisfying wander over the lump. The weather was very bad. The company was very good.
More > Random run in the Tarauas
Jan 24th 2010
A northern crossing. Some very chilly weather up by Arete and some really rough track below from Arete Forks. Great trip.
More > Queenstown trip
Dec 20th 2009
Went down to Queenstown for the weekend on a grabaseat. Did a 13 hour run up to the Remarkables, a bit of a scramble to the peak and down into the Wye Creek Valley and back to Queenstown. Very boggy, and rough and many parts were not runnable, so it took a bit longer than
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