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Makaretu hut
Jono51 posted in Tracks, routes, and huts
• 5 comments,
latest 18 October 20212 days ago by Jono51
How did you find the track along the tops from Longview to the turn off?
Best glue for patching an old sleeping bag? Nylon.
James the Giant posted in Gear talk
• 2 comments,
latest 3 October 20213 October by James the Giant
@nzbazza cheers for the tenacious tape idea. I also asked on an overseas hiking forum and the unanimous suggestion was Tenacious Tape. Looks like good stuff.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/452775/focus-on-improving-tramper-safety-for-angelus-hut-a-hotspot-for-accidents
>Fatalities and a high rate of search and rescue incidents near one of the most popular huts in the Nelson Lakes has led to sev...
Peanut butter - double bagged
Pro-active posted in Food
• 17 comments,
latest 27 September 202127 September by 
aardvark
I've got nalgenes from 5ml, 20ml, 30ml, 60ml, 100ml, 120ml, 250ml, 500ml etc.
Round ones, square ones, different plastics etc. They're out there.
A daywalk with a half packet of crackers. I might have vegemite too, or ...
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Lees Valley rd
madpom posted in Tracks, routes, and huts
• 9 comments,
latest 26 September 202126 September by 
geeves
At the bridge over the Ashley just north of the road the whole place looked like a war zone. Obviously the approaches to the bridge had been rebuilt but the piles of gravel suggest water ...
Alternatives to Freeze Dried Meal Packs
Ian_H posted in Food
• 27 comments,
latest 26 September 202126 September by Golddigger
Hopefully not another one in the Tararua
izogi posted in The campfire
• 5 comments,
latest 14 September 202114 September by geomatt
Interesting place he spent the first night out, on the spur down from McGregor peak to the Atiwhakatu (if the position on Stuff aerial photo is correct). There used to be a route which I ...
CETCME PLB, any good?
boland posted in Gear talk • 6 comments, latest 12 September 202112 September bymadpom
Sitting on the sideboard at home
Longest lasting hard cheese, in supermarkets?
James the Giant posted in Food
• 5 comments,
latest 4 September 20214 September by 
Honora
I was given several little wedges of wax-enrobed cheddar and was impressed how it handled the heat.
I also had wax-enrobed blue vein cheese too.
Youtube channel documenting huts of New Zealand
pseudo posted in Tracks, routes, and huts • 1 comment, 4 September 20214 September by
Frogfeatures
Not bad 😀
Is it time to ban alcohol at DOC huts?
JETNZ posted in The campfire
• 60 comments,
latest 1 September 20211 September by NadsWinget
Very true.
If you are enjoying a few beers with some friends though craft beer in London is the way to go. Plus you only need a few since they have a high ABV :)
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Tramping partner around Wanaka
Chrikka posted in Tramping partners
30 August 202130 August
• No comments
Hi all,
I’m looking for a tramping partner/buddy who has got some experience around Wanaka/Hawea/Mt Aspiring areas as I’m new to the area and am very keen to get out and explore.
I’m a 45 year old ...
mikiejhinton
I own several other tents and tend to tramp alone so no longer have a need for this guy.
Be about 20 years old but only used a few times so in pretty good nick. Seems ...
Our very own Kreig in the media
Scottie posted in The campfire • 1 comment, 28 August 202128 August by
geoffnet
Legend
I was going to ask if he still had the man skirt but the article answered that one
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Best ~60L lightweight pack?
Ian_H posted in Gear talk
• 8 comments,
latest 26 August 202126 August by Ian_H
Hey, Kreig, good to see you back. I remember you got a Klymit LWD packraft a while ago, how did you find it, have you managed to make use of it in the wild yet?
Milford Sound master plan
pseudo posted in The campfire • 4 comments, latest 24 August 202124 August by
Kreig
As both a tour guide into Milford, and an Environmental Management student, I agree with a number of the changes, but vehemently disapprove of such changes as installing a cable car to the top of ...
Karangarua-Douglas-Harpers Biv-Landsborough
Ian_H posted in Tracks, routes, and huts
• 5 comments,
latest 23 August 202123 August by Ian_H
Thanks, a few people have done the full Solution Range from above Marks Flat all the way along to Clarke Mound and down to near the Landsborough Clarke confluence (or vice versa). The bush/scrub over ...
You could also drop to the east from the track that leads to Urchin from between Sharp Cone and Umakarikari. There was running water there and what looked like decent campsites when I was past ...
You should check out the Auckland tramping club.
They have regular tramps, and you can meet people to plan your own trips.
https://www.aucktramping.org.nz/multiday-tramps/multiday-tramps
The UoA tramping club (AUTC) was also good, but I h...
Biggest vertical (tramping) climbs in NZ?
Ian_H posted in Tracks, routes, and huts
• 7 comments,
latest 27 July 202127 July by Honora
Tapuae-o-uenuku from Branch Cottage is 2400m.
We climbed Manakau from Barret Biv in the Hapuku. A couple we knew had failed to get to the summit and wrote in the hut book: Too far and too ...
2
Cookies Hut
Honora posted in Tracks, routes, and huts
• 6 comments,
latest 26 July 202126 July by Honora
Wightman has sold up now. No doubt the land will be used for private hunting trips.
Cookies is still accessible after the flooding of June 2021. Tribulation Hut has lost its toilet - lying 50m downstream ...
Thanks for the advice folks.
I’ll try using the gps trek mode for each days walking, and then go to a lower power state after each day. Hopefully should last the tramp
I take the point ...
Rocky Creek Biv
Bozeman posted in Tracks, routes, and huts
• 6 comments,
latest 8 July 20218 July by Honorar
From studying GPS tracked times, it has been possible for us to do it in 3 hours but it depends on the condition of the track at the time.
It would usually take us an ...
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