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Is it time to pull the plug?

Gregor posted in Beginners and newbies • 2 comments, latest 15 April 202415 April by aardvark

It was once a great resource.

Round the Mountain Track (Ruapehu)

jmeyer posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 47 comments, latest 13 April 202413 April by GearFreak

Picked perfect weather window 5-8 April 2024. 3.5 days. No wind, no rain and cool weather. Dry track so was quick walking. Whakapapa to Waihohonu 3:20, Waihohonu to Mangaehuehu 3:55 + lunch at Rangipo + ...

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Hilleberg Kaitum 3 Tent - Excellent cond - $1690

antico posted in Buy / sell / exchange • 2 comments, latest 5 April 20245 April by antico

I have further reduced the price of the Kaitum 3 tent to $1400 The details and photos are still on facebook Marketplace, as indicated in the main message.

Buying merino gears in NZ

skijump posted in Gear talk • 14 comments, latest 27 March 202427 March by woolguy

Check out the guys at https://smartmerino.co.nz they sell New Zealand made merino thermals (base layers, underwear, tops, bottoms etc). They're online only, but have quick delivery and delivered to a hotel for pick up on ...

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Gossamer Gear Mariposa Size M - Barely used (60L)

dreambroom posted in Buy / sell / exchange • 3 comments, latest 15 February 202415 February by Ruben

Hi there Is this still available? I'm interested. Thanks Ruben 0210628959

Starting to go Off-Track

Rhondda posted in Beginners and newbies • 27 comments, latest 5 February 20245 February by tysonzach

Thankyou for sharing this

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Devil's Den Biv to Upper Nina Biv

Bozeman posted in Tracks, routes, and huts 1 February 20241 February • No comments

Has anyone taken a direct route? i.e. over the Devil's Rampart and down. I'm thinking it could be possible to follow the stream that feeds into the Nina a bit east of the UNB. Or, ...

Mount Grey

geeves posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 23 comments, latest 2 January 20242 January by geeves

the fish catfood. Dot the wasps only eat that during the time they eat protein? Put it out at the wrong time and nothing will happen

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Tin Range GPS Waypoints

Kiwitahi posted in Beginners and newbies • 5 comments, latest 26 December 202326 December by JaneM

Hiya. I also am keen to get a gpx file for tin range. Hoping to walk it in feb 2024

New camera time

Moh_Oz posted in Gear talk • 8 comments, latest 22 December 202322 December by Honorar

thanks, I've passed that info on to him.

Contact for Esk Head Station

Alistair S posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 7 comments, latest 22 December 202322 December by Honorar

Esk Head probably sell access onto their land to commercial fishing and hunting guides. I met the manager (in those days) one time and he said he'd grant me access if I contacted him. Silly ...

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Tarp over camp fire?

Glep96 posted in Gear talk • 1 comment, 22 December 202322 December by Honorar

Someone who used to comment on these forums would use the black PET you can buy at garden stores and pitch it in the 'flying diamond' configuration with the leeward diagonal raised quite high so ...

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Stevens Burn to Lake Herries to Iris Burn Route

Andre posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 3 comments, latest 26 November 202326 November by Ian_H

Yeah, the Linz imagery makes it look like going up to that [lake south of pt1509](https://basemaps.linz.govt.nz/@-45.3420550,167.3750176,z15.64) and then over to the head of the Delta Burn would be a reasonable route. Once you're at that ...

First aid and safety gear

matthew posted in Gear talk • 49 comments, latest 14 November 202314 November by Honorar

Paracetamol is acetaminophen, not an NSAID. Just sayin'. Used the closed cell donut this weekend after developing a blister when sidling 2 basins to avoid a rock ridge. Gosh, it made a difference to the ...

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Tramping and Life Insurance

izogi posted in The campfire • 14 comments, latest 4 November 20234 November by geeves

Standard insurance. Keep the definitions as vague as possible and argue later if necessary. Arguments normally start as "Our actuary and team of lawyers say this means" Think car insurance. Most car insurance says on ...

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Backcountry Hut Research

Taylor posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 5 comments, latest 26 October 202326 October by geeves

Not sure. My guess is they will just forget about doc altogether or more likely defund doc to the point that no action will happen to the huts etc. There wont even be money to ...

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Waiopehu Ridge History Question

Old Man Walking posted in Tracks, routes, and huts 25 September 202325 September • No comments

I'm trying to fill in some gaps around the history of some of Waiopehu Ridge sites and wonder if anyone knows where I might find out some detail. Waiopehu Huts 1, 2, and 3 I have ...

Milford Track Ticket Exchange

GFree posted in Buy / sell / exchange 11 September 202311 September • No comments

I was fortunate enough to get tickets to the Milford Track for 4 people over Easter however I can’t get childcare for that weekend. I’m looking for someone to trade either Milford Track or Kepler ...

The Summit TV show

Moh_Oz posted in The campfire • 13 comments, latest 17 August 202317 August by geeves

I wouldnt have gone as far as offensive but I understand the sentiment. This program showed a bit of nice scenery then showed that just about any Joe Muppet could take it on no consequences.

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Waipakihi Hut, Juction Tops, Thunderbolt.

chrisp posted in Tracks, routes, and huts 20 July 202320 July • No comments

Hi there, Just researching looking at doing the above from Waipakihi Hut to Junction tops, Thunderbolt and down to the Waipakihi river. has anyone done this track recently and could tell me any information of track ...

Cookies Hut Hakatere

JaneL posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 1 comment, 16 July 202316 July by Honorar

There's Cookies Point down the valley too and then Cookshop Hut in Taylor Stream, only 7km away and Cookies Basins on the way to Black Hill. We went this way from Cookies Hut to the ...

Contact needed for Mad Pom...

ledge posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 1 comment, 12 July 202312 July by mikiejhinton

They’re listed in the Horace walker hut logbook, a short walk from the west coast.

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DoC Defunding

PhilipW posted in The campfire • 2 comments, latest 11 July 202311 July by geeves

2 parts to this First Maori Party will never have enough power to achieve this unless they find a clause in the Treaty of Waitangi. However they will achieve greater input in how things are ...

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What's happening?

matthew posted in This website • 4 comments, latest 18 June 202318 June by geeves

Facebook took some trampers online activity. There are quite a few facebook groups. Incessant spam took a toll as well

Coming to visit

gottawalkit posted in Visiting New Zealand • 30 comments, latest 18 June 202318 June by geeves

NZers in the backcountry as busy as ever. Tourists not quite so much but getting there. Its not just covid its airfares due to fuel costs. If you are away from the tourist walks and ...

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