The campfire

I hear they are still looking for the Higgs Boson particle. CERN has spent 7.5 billion euros looking for it, and we have discovered it taking out posts on NZ Tramper.....for free. They should've come ...

Much of it's also news-wire stuff, which is why the same phrases can end up getting repeated over and over, and even that's going down-hill now that Fairfax pulled the plug on its support for ...

Thanks. I've contacted Nelson Shuttles, Nelson Lake Shuttles, and Trek Express, and they're all quoting me the 4-person minimum fare... Was hoping somebody else might be heading that way...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/6602046/Dart-Tunnel-would-be-pillage-and-rape Pakeha with ancestral links to the Milford area are being ignored while tangata whenua receive full consultation on the Milford-Dart tunnel, sixth-generation settl...

At the time of the removal of the swing bridge the track was to be re-routed to a more suitable/accessable crossing place as where the bridge was is not a good spot. I haven't been ...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10793077 Bear Grylls is already plotting his comeback after being controversially dumped from popular TV adventure series Man vs Wild. Grylls, a former British so...

There was a further report on Stuff today. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6583893/I-m-going-to-jail-says-hunter-after-fatal-shot

Yes, I think the river crossing technique all lined up with the current and holding a pole comes from the Maori. Frank and I still chuckle about the Italian we met near Whaiti Stream in the ...

A carload of buddies and myself are hoping to do the Routeburn from March 26-28. Not too fussed about which end we start from, but just wondering if anybody would be keen to do a ...

Chuzz and Norm - get a room - this thread getting a bit silly - lol :) Oh no i just contributed to the sillyness - apologies in advance -

more pages of tex on the webpage link http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/Insane-in-the-Membrane.html THE BIANNUAL GATHERING of the gear tribes is typically a magnanimous affair. Held each winter and summer in Salt Lake City's 675,000-...

Hi there, I've put together a site for people to record their visits to huts. http://huts.jamieconnor.com If I get enough visits I'll get a domain registered. If you have any ideas for improvements or notice anything not working ...

"I know there’s a big river there, there’s gonna be a great cliff climb there, there’s loads of snakes in those rocks, watch out for an alligator. So I do have a good idea of ...

"Economist Geoff Butcher said that by the time the field was fully developed, the wider economic benefit to the region would be $92m a year with 730 full-time equivalent jobs created." You've gotta love these guys. These ...

The shortcut goes from Blyth Hut. Follow a marked route from the hut, gaining some height. This marked route seems to head up to the ski field so veer left when the going looks good, ...

Yes was at home. Mentioned this here before: someone on this site asked questions the week before about epirbs and I took it out to see what model I had. Never but it back in ...

Nice work..........let's hope it works.....have my doubts....but time will tell......!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10787049 Totaranui beach in Abel Tasman National Park. Photo / Simon Baker Expand Totaranui beach in Abel Tasman National Park. Photo / Simon Baker A New Zealand family is forki...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6451042/Monorail-sales-pitch-not-a-smooth-run Riverstone Holdings met with tough opposition at a public meeting in Te Anau yesterday afternoon as some residents remain adamant that a proposed monorail is not go...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/6448418/Submissions-exceed-expectations Public submissions on a proposed private tourist tunnel burrowing under national parks to Milford Sound have flooded in, blowing out latest predictions by the C...

Haven't been there since the biv was removed but it is a relatively straight forward walk along the ridge from Waiopehu, only a little leatherwood to push through then mostly nice open bush. Also a ...

We could always "Ask that Mountain". http://books.googl...AAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y My understanding was that the mountain represented a venerable ancestor and its head was sacred so sometimes a request is made by iwi whose ancestor it may represen...

Oh okay. Yeah I remember there being at least several tracks mapped in that area which barely seem to exist any more in "track" form, so maybe they were a little thrown if they'd looked ...

That's the way of the world isn't it. Supply and demand. If trampers are forgetful enough to leave buying their main part of a meal until they are at DOC it becomes a matter of ...

Doesnt the Habitat camp ground in Turangi organize bus travel to the various road ends. This even allows you to finish somewhere other than where you started as well. Only trick I know to make a ...