apurdam

Keen tramper/bushwalker/hiker/trekker.
Have recorded many walks/tramps/treks/scrambles at
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• apurdamapurdam discussed RE: Stewart Island - North West Circuit - Winter 9 September 20129 September 2012.

  Yeah. We drooled over the beautiful area between Florence and Lake Roe. That looked such a fabulous route. All done ...

• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Walking on Air 8 September 20128 September 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the track, Aspiring Flat and Sisyphus Peak 29 August 201229 August 2012.

  Made our drop off more accurate.

• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Looking south from Sysiphus Peak 25 August 201225 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Sisyphus Peak from Wilmot Saddle 25 August 201225 August 2012.

  Still 200m to go. Sisyphus Peak (1859m) from Wilmot Saddle (1682m).

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Rainbow Stream 25 August 201225 August 2012.

  Probably at about 1000m here, 500m above Aspiring Flats visible below. We faffed around somewhere near here and lost a couple ...

• apurdamapurdam commented on the track, Gillespie Pass Circuit 25 August 201225 August 2012.

  We did a nice version of this in 2001 with the boys when they were 10 & 13. Got dropped ...

• apurdamapurdam commented on pmcke'spmcke's photograph, Looking back towards Park Pass 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  I remember that sidle, and not fondly!

• apurdamapurdam commented on pmcke'spmcke's photograph, A tarn on the way to Lake Nerine 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  Gorgeous colour in the water there. Lake Nerine was a similar colour, even with fog and grey skies.

• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Lake Angelus with no snow 23 August 201223 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam commented on apurdam'sapurdam's photograph, Merrie Range from near Tamatea Peak 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  I'd say we were lucky lucky lucky. Especially since we nearly gave up on waiting for the weather to clear... We were ...

• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Swans on Lake Rotoroa 23 August 201223 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Drying Out 23 August 201223 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Lake Constance 23 August 201223 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Robert Ridge in the Rain 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  On our last day, we decided to walk out from Speargrass Hut via Robert Ridge (to avoid retracing our walk ...

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Waiau Pass towards Thompson Pass 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  Looking nearly due south towards Lake Thompson (blue horizontal strip above my head), a very prominent fault to its right

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Blue Lake Hut Panorama 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  Taken outside Blue Lake Hut, Nelson Lakes NP. Moss Pass is up there somewhere, but our route was past Lake Constance ...

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, The hills are alive 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  Walking from West Sabine Hut to Blue Lake, the heavens opened and the mountainside just came alive, sprouting waterfalls all ...

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Over the Sabine River 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  First bridge after Sabine Hut, I think

• apurdamapurdam commented on the track, Sabine-Waiau Pass-Thompson Pass-D'Urville 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  Sort of did this in Jan 2008. From Roberts Carpark, Speargrass Hut, Sabine Hut via Lake Angelus, Blue Lake Hut, ...

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Mt Owen 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  Amazing texture in the rocks (called marble, though I'd just say limestone) around this area. Mt Owen, Kahurangi National Park, South ...

• apurdamapurdam commented on Delwyn'sDelwyn's photograph, Route up Mt Owen 23 August 201223 August 2012.

  I remember that walkway! A spectacular tramp.

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Spey Valley from Mt Memphis 18 August 201218 August 2012.

  Spey River valley, with fellow trampers, Ofer (from Israel) and Michael (from Belgium), both really strong walkers, who always got ...

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Tripod Hill from below Centre Pass 16 August 201216 August 2012.

  Climbing about 600m in two hours, we got to Centre Pass pretty quickly. I love this photo. It shows the ...

• apurdamapurdam added the photograph, Lake Horizon panorama 16 August 201216 August 2012.

  Lake Horizon is nestled at about 1000m high, amongst the Pleasant Range, Fiordland. Our route is between the two lakes, ...

• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Blue Lake Panorama 13 August 201213 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Family on Dart Glacier, 2001 13 August 201213 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Red Crater Panorama 13 August 201213 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, Tarn below Tamatea Peak 13 August 201213 August 2012.
• apurdamapurdam updated the photograph, The boys, Gillespie Pass, Jan 2001 13 August 201213 August 2012.