Not having been tramping ALL TERM I needed to get out, and had a few criteria: – 3 days+ – Not busy – Must have huts – Loop track so I don’t need to be picked up After reading about a few tracks I decided on the loop from Styx River, around Lathrop and Zit [...]
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Styx River – Lathrop Saddle – Kokatahi – Zit Saddle – Cedar Flat Tramp
Posted by dkendon on April 13, 2012
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Yosemite!
I took a bus to Merced from San Francisco – $36, 3 3/4 hours. Merced is the closest that Greyhound goes – you have to catch a local bus to Yosemite itself. I arrived after lunch and was greeted by a very enthusiastic woman at the Welcome Centre. After signing the guest book I saw [...]
Posted by dkendon on December 10, 2011
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Tararua Loop Tramp
I had a gap between jobs so I seized the opportunity to go tramping (like any normal person). I’ve wanted to go to the Tararuas for a while so I set off for a loop going from Otaki Forks, around the main peaks and back. Otaki Forks is a very picturesque picnic spot near Levin. [...]
Posted by dkendon on April 15, 2011
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Bridge to Nowhere, Whanganui
Being a historian the idea of going to an abandoned settlement appealed to me, so I decided to walk through the old Mangapura farming area. This was leased to returned servicemen after WW1. However most of these would-be farmers walked off the land during the 1920s, unable to make a profit clearing the thick bush [...]
Posted by dkendon on January 15, 2011
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Around the Mountain Circut (AMC), Mt Taranaki
Having tramped around Ruapehu I thought it would be good to get the double and do Taranaki as well. I started from the North Egmont visitors centre and went anticlockwise, which seems to be the most popular option. Conditions were quite wet when I started but having driven all the way from Auckland I was [...]
Posted by dkendon on January 15, 2011
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