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DOC's new Tongariro Crossing Advisories
@waynowski they're almost all 500m I think. Nearly all of the National Parks have bylaws to restrict camping within 500m of the relevant Great Walk track. The exception is Paparoa National ... -
Entering Closed DOC areas an offence?
I agree. The map seems to show part of the closure as being in Paparoa Range South Conservation Area, so depending on where the cyclist was found it might be a ... -
Powell Hut 16 Nov 2019
Awesome!! Thanks! Yes, we’ll see you there @PaulEvans 😊 -
Interpreting weather forecasts for Tararuas
Those wind conditions arnt too bad for tramping powell to Jumbo.A typical day really. . but, most mountain forecasts (metservice and the others) seem to frequently underestimate the maximum wind ... -
Water warning signs
Regarding Fire exit signs above the single door to a hut: I imagine some people wake up disorientated and that sign might be quite helpful. I've known some people to ... -
Bad news again from Tongariro.
wind gusted 150k on sat, wind chill -20. on one weather station i looked at https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116739172/woman-dies-on-tongariro-alpine-crossing -
$1600 to land on Komodo island
Gazcan...I did the Tongariro Crossing a few years ago under a full moon, only saw one person the entire time. There are still plenty of ways to not see people ... -
Two people found dead after search for light plane
Isn't that review from April 19 2018? -
decision-making on deadly Great Walk criticised
The Israeli lady who died in Roaring Creek died in May of 2008. The Ultimate Hikes guide was Feb 2009. Sounds like he was trying to descend the Duck Creek ... -
tramps planned for the holidays?
Well, the plan (see 4 posts above) didn't happen - for the second time, bushfires in SW Tasie closed the region so we've rescheduled the Frankland trip to December this ... -
hut keepers
I noticed that "madpom" and that is why I said largely dealing about Westland. -
Bushcraft skills
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little gem suggestions south island please
Small red flag for me when you mention you and your family don't have much experience in the snow but the places you mention will have plenty of it. For example, ... -
Just wanna say hi....
Good cycling loop. Are you connecting alpsToOcean with OtagoCentral via Danseys Pass? Waipori Falls road also makes a good cycle route from end of Clutha Gold to Dunedin if you're headed ... -
The end of tourism?
it will never get the funding it needs for the increasing numbers going through... its too long and needs too much money.. too many huts will need replacing, too many miles of ... -
faster
Yes, walking across the tarmac at Dunedin airport the other day in rain, wind and about 5C was a reminder of just how miserable and heat robbing that combination of ... -
Polarised or non-polarised sunglasses for tramping
Polarised and UV protection are different things. Sunglasses could be polarised but not offer good UVA and UBA protection. The main thing is to make sure they offer UV protection. ... -
Epics / stories against yourself...
I was really fit at the time, I was postholing through snow sometimes thigh deep along ridgetops in winter in the tararuas, all day, and up and down steep slopes ... -
576 peaks in 319 days, worst winter in decades
Would anyone be down for a forum group tramp of the Southern Crossing? Get a few people together, etc... -
CARS VANDALISED AT ST JAMES WALKWAY
I never had issues either but seen plenty of evidence others were not as lucky. Otaki and Holdsworth glass on the ground Otaki burnt cars on roadside Old Kaitoke park locked ... -
FMC plans to resign from the MSC
the stats in the walk in the park report were misleading, you cant just spit out numbers like that, you have to take into account what the standard rate of medical ... -
FMCquits NZ Mountain Safety Council
I'm not sure how it's an income stream. If anything it spends government money, from DOC and from Police and from lotteries. Certainly an entity that's existed for several decades, has ... -
closing off Lake Waikaremoana by stealth
Regarding the road seal story source. last november while i was waiting at the info centre for my ride to the trailhead i got talking to one of the young ... -
Concessions for social media
Photographer accidentally runs afoul of conservation rules with pics of Mt Taranaki https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/114191801/photographer-accidentally-runs-afoul-of-conservation-rules-with-pics-of-mt-taranaki -
West Coast Price Range rescue
it mentioned in the article he thought he couldn't go forwards or back the way he came
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