Tramping, Tales, Training and Travails
Three of us head out on an impromptu two-night loop adventure along high ridge - the seductive ridge SW of Powell Hut - with a wooden sign and not much else. "You guys free this weekend?" I asked. Fortune smiles and it's a yes from both Loretta and Nick, so we organise to head out... Continue Reading →
Carrington Ridge 13-14.06.2020 Post-lockdown, I put an 'easy 5hr days overnight loop' on Meetup and to my delight a bunch of familiar faces and a lovely new one come along - Mike, Nik and Marco. We get rolling from Wellington around 7am and head over to the Wairarapa to enjoy some winter tramping. Marco is... Continue Reading →
It's a forest reminiscent of 1940's Europe: the ground is churned mud, pocked with thousands of holes. The culprit is not mortars but a different entrenched enemy, pigs. We're heading up the less traveled Carrington Ridge to join the popular Holdsworth Track and it's a place more hunters should really come and do their thing. Our trio sets off at 10am.... Continue Reading →
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