Tramping, Tales, Training and Travails
Sheridan Creek 19.07.2020 Didn't find much to educate myself on this before I left so thought I'd share a little daywalk Claire, Dave and I did this weekend up from Otaki Forks. Back in the days of the Tararua range's grand trees being plucked, there were logging operations down this south-western corner of Otaki Forks.... Continue Reading →
We depart Otaki Forks at 8:30am. There's Maj-Britt (from my first Meetup), Mike, Jack and I. All attendees got in touch personally about this trip before the RSVPs opened, so they're all keen, capable and determined - which is a blessing as I really don't know what to expect. We're missing one though - Joe,... Continue Reading →
With blood in my eye and twigs in every cranny we finish an 11hr 30 day firmly in the dark, having struggled mostly offtrack in this adventure to unmarked Island Forks Hut - an overnight trip very much a 'tale of two tramps'. J and I leave the Otaki Forks carpark at 8:45am. I had intended a solo trip to... 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: 06/05/2018 – 07/05/2018 Party: Rachel, Kristyna, Larry Night location/s: Penn Creek Hut Hosting a tramp overnight on Sunday is an experiment - how many keen shift workers are around? With howling gales and rain forecast, the answer is just one. So Rachel and I gear up to walk to Penn Creek, when a mutual friend (MB) puts us... Continue Reading →
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