Tramping, Tales, Training and Travails
Pakuratahi Forks to Ngatiawa River 14-15.11.2020 A trail of exploration and mystery close to Wellington, Nik, Gawrav and I tackled our biggest off-track adventure to date on this Bushcraft Wellington Meetup trip. We set off from Pakuratahi Forks at 7:30am. There's one other chap out here, heading off to that A-frame. He shakes his head... Continue Reading →
A last-minute organisation on a the new Wellington Region Trampers meetup group has me meet with two other trampers on a rigourous daywalk around the Kapakapanui track. Loretta joins me in Wellington and we meet Dale at the Ngatiawa road end. Weather forecasts were for a bit of wind, but not a breeze greets us as... Continue Reading →
A impassable rock cliff drops to a deep pool at the end of the narrowing riverbank before us. Do we forge around, off-track and wet feet 10 minutes from the car, or back-track? This is my dilemma, facing the slippery riverbank of the Waiotauru River at the southern Otaki Forks campsite. We're not ten minutes in and I've... Continue Reading →
Date: 17/03/2018 – 18/03/2018 Party: Larry, Garry Night location/s: Kapakapanui Hut The Kapakapanui track circuit perches on the eastern edge of the Tararuas. It was recommended to me last year as a good first tramp for Gerry and I. Gerry protested due to GHOSTS. So this weekend I took a different G up for his first... Continue Reading →
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