I hoped to have lots of new pictures of the Tararuas but:
the weather was foul
the wife forgot to pack the camera- having said she would.
So I will paste some pictures from government websites, as I have already paid for them!
The top one is the Mitre Flats hut- about 4 hours up the valley from where we stayed. The track is classic Tararuas tramping (absolute ankle-twisting shit)
The second is Jumbo Hut- an uphill grunt of 2-4 hours depending on your fitness and ability to take pain.
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Recently a friend tramping the Tararuas fell over a ledge and ended up in the hospital. People tell me the Tararuas are harder than you think!
A LOT of people underestimate the Tararuas.
Many of them have not lived to tell the tale. By international standards they are low and not that cold- but it's the wet and wind chill factor that gets them. As well as drowning in rivers that can come up in a flash.
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