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North-South Track (Part 4/4): Poupou Stream to Motutapere Hut
First published January 2022: The wind and rain had slowed down overnight - I didn’t even get wet on my usual toilet mission in the middle of the night. I have to remember to start packing my glasses on overnighters, as putting on my contact lenses …
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North-South Track (Part 3/4): Poupou Stream to Motutapere Hut
First published January 2022: I’ve never camped in a forest before, so that was a cool new experience. Camping by the stream was surprisingly loud, about as loud as rain falling on an iron roof. My bivvy shelter is basically a glorified mosquito net…
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North-South Track (Part 2/4): Te Whare Okioki to Poupou Stream
Fist published January 2022:I knew day two would be my biggest - covering 30km in 10 hours (8 hours of actual tramping). You can tell which of us were doing the North-South Track - we were the ones out of bed by 7am. It was overcast with a refreshin…
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North-South Track (Part 1/4): SH29 to Te Whare Okioki
First published in January 2022:Tramping in the Kaimai Ranges is an interesting backcountry experience. On one hand you can be by yourself for hours, grunting up a spur on a narrow, rooty, hella muddy track. Then you hear the sound of planes overhea…
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Tarawera Falls, Cascade Falls and the Lake Tarawera Outlet
I was actually on a date when I first tried to walk from Tarawera Falls to the outlet five years ago. Back when there was still road access to the Lake Tarawera Outlet (Te Tapahoro) campsite, we parked his car at the outlet and mine at the Tarawera …
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That curious optimist who’s always up for a day in the mountains over a round at the pub. Let's go hiking before our knees expire.
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