The campfire

• Outdoor clothing & microfiber marine pollution

  Started by madpom • 6 replies — latest 28 March 201728 March 2017 by FrankB
  Well! There's always naked tramping I suppose. Not quite sure what one would do for warmth.

• 1080

  Started by TheShyHiker • 6 replies — latest 26 March 201726 March 2017 by Kreig
  Check out PAPP. VERY excited to see this getting used in NZ; targeting stoats! AND there's an antidote! :)

• new lake in Tararuas

  Started by geeves • 4 replies — latest 21 March 201721 March 2017 by Ruahine
  Not sure, its been a few years since I have been up the river.

• Mountain Incidents

  Started by waynowski • 2 replies — latest 15 March 201715 March 2017 by waynowski
  found http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/missing-tourist-arthurs-pass-located

• Fox Glacier body, 2 March 2017

  Started by Pro-active • 2 replies — latest 15 March 201715 March 2017 by waynowski
  Identification of body found on Fox Glacier Wednesday, 15 March 2017 - 4:49pm Tasman The human remains found on Fox Glacier on March 2 have now been formally identified. They belong to Cynthia Charlton, ...

• Overdue but no emergency

  Started by chriss • 10 replies — latest 10 March 201710 March 2017 by geeves
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  The way I was thinking is that if you know a search is starting to look for you then setting it off is only going to assist that search to ...

• We are not visitors

  Started by matthew • 24 replies — latest 1 March 20171 March 2017 by deepriver
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  And then in the NE of Yorkshire you have 'trods' which are the old trading routes. They are paved with flag stones so I guess we are unlikely to have ...

• Suggestion.....

  Started by Kreig • 15 replies — latest 27 February 201727 February 2017 by Kreig
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  Now you've got it! Tramper NZ ta moko! :D

• Strategic review of Tongariro Alpine Crossing

  Started by waynowski • 5 replies — latest 18 February 201718 February 2017 by waynowski
  heavy thunderstorms forecast for the crossing this afternoon with hail... this could get interesting...

• Record trampers putting pressure on DOC

  Started by waynowski • 43 replies — latest 15 February 201715 February 2017 by Mosley59
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  I have been there twice overnight and both times bikers were tenting but using the hut. I wonder if it may have been the fact that they had lugged one ...

• Saving Native forests from logging

  Started by waynowski • 1 reply 14 February 201714 February 2017 by Honora
  It must make them feel good that the forests are still standing and attracting tourists e.g. Pureora. My sister hung out with NFAC back in the day.

• Incidents in the mountains

  Started by waynowski • 247 replies — latest 13 February 201713 February 2017 by Honora
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  Interesting about getting lost as opposed to stopping and retracing back to where you weren't lost: Frank and I were coming down from Worsley Pass to the Poulter years ago. I ...

• Wild Camping in national Parks

  Started by Timeman • 19 replies — latest 8 February 20178 February 2017 by SianS
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  I wouldn't have minded paying either @Ian_H but all booked out when I wanted to go... very weird it's signposted 'Howden Campsite' and no mention of it being called that ...

• New Zealand's Great Tramps

  Started by matthew • 21 replies — latest 1 February 20171 February 2017 by bernieq
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  ........ or economists with financial crises.

• Norovirus heads north

  Started by JETNZ • 21 replies — latest 28 January 201728 January 2017 by Ian_H
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  Bleach (chlorine) is the stuff to kill Norovirus if you're disinfecting surfaces / hands. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norovirus#Prevention

• Sylvia Flats

  Started by matthew • 5 replies — latest 25 January 201725 January 2017 by footsore
  If sand flies are your thing deepriver I don't think you will be disappointed in the Upper Hope. Incidentally there is another hot spring at the Half Way Hut in the ...

• Should NZ's Great Walks be privately-run?

  Started by waynowski • 74 replies — latest 22 January 201722 January 2017 by Honora
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  Very thorough and timely article. Funny, Frank and I were on a track yesterday and we were surprised to see signs that others had been on it recently too - ...

• shelter expectations in NZ..

  Started by waynowski • 6 replies — latest 22 January 201722 January 2017 by Forest823
  Last night I made a mistake as the forecast was for NE winds and rain in Auckland. Assuming the West coast would be relatively sheltered I walked into Pararaha valley ...

• Wanted: Solid navigation training!

  Started by Mariku • 15 replies — latest 19 January 201719 January 2017 by Orienteer
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  Rogaining can be a good way to practice navigation, especially at night. It can require repeated navigation decisions every 5 minutes, as oppposed to every 5 hours sometimes when tramping...theres ...

• River crossing practise locations near Chch?

  Started by Mariku • 13 replies — latest 18 January 201718 January 2017 by Honora
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  Well, it's been raining today so it wouldn't have run. I see it's for current members. If you sign up hastily, hopefully they will allow you on the course!

• Outdoorsman Alan Simmons fights DoC campfire prose

  Started by waynowski • 44 replies — latest 15 January 201715 January 2017 by Honora
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  It's a big problem in the USA as conifer roots can catch alight.

• Emergency shelter, the experiment

  Started by Berend de Boer • 23 replies — latest 13 January 201713 January 2017 by Honora
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  Yes, I noticed I didn't get an option for the sizing. It's on its way...

• Wanted: River crossing practise on short notice!

  Started by Mariku • 17 replies — latest 13 January 201713 January 2017 by Mariku
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  Didn't feel condescending to me by the way, just a misunderstanding.

• Woman flees rampaging possum

  Started by waynowski • 4 replies — latest 7 January 20177 January 2017 by geeves
  Head shot from the front at a slight downwards angle and there wouldnt be much to complain about.Can we use a dum dum bullet please? Seriously anyone complaining should of been ...

• what is the future of search and rescue?

  Started by waynowski • 23 replies — latest 6 January 20176 January 2017 by waynowski
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  its not necessarily about how bad your injury is at the time you are making a decision about calling for a rescue... its about what are the complications if you ...