General discussion

Saw this in the news http://www.stuff.co.­nz/national/canterbu­ry-earthquake/410380­9/Trampers-warned-of­f-Canterbury-tracks If I were down in Canterbury I think I would be on the phone to DOC and volunteer to help do the initial assessments. Surely a competent back country tramper would be competent to do an initial assement of slips and tree falls and make ...

Wondering if anyone has any suggestions for a route above South Temple Hut to South Huxley? North toward V Notch Pass or via Top Hut/Ahuriri? Planning on a trip in Dec/Jan, so any information much appreciated.

My wife and I are in our early 60s. We are planning a trip to New Zealand and have made reservations to walk the Milford Track as independent walkers commencing December 7, 2010. We consider ourselves to be in good shape. We walk every day and the daily distances required ...

Has anyone been to potts hut in the lake clear water area and know whats its like to stay in does it even have a door and windows and a good open fire ? any information and photos would help help?

Hey All Well I am advertising for the lucky person who finds them two hackey sacks. Normally when Iḿ out tramping we take a hackey sack with us we muck around in many places with it . BUT WE LOST TWO ..... SO YOUR MISSION IF YOU CHOSE TO ACCEPT IT ... The hackey ...

I know that we have had this type of thread before but I figure seen as there isnt much happening on this website at the moment I just thought I would ask what everyone is up to, Have ya got anything planned for the weekend or training ya self up ...

Hey all, Im looking at picking myself up a gps and I was wondering if ya had any suggestions about which one to get. My budget if possible will be around $500 but may look at going over that if it is worth it. I will go have a look ...

Hi all this is my first message i've posted. For a while now i have been able to access, download, and print off NZ topo maps online via the government LINZ website (http://www.nztopoon­line.linz.govt.nz). I've recently noticed that i am unable to do this anymore. Couple of questions. 1/. Is anyone ...

Hey everybody! I'm about to have a couple of weeks of holidays and will certainly be heading to the south island for some exploring. Wanted to ask, if anybody knows an interesting, quite challenging track/route? I want to spend in the bush 8-10 days.. am quite experienced and fit but ...

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I had been meaning to play around with making some the homemade meths stoves I'd come across on the web lately and due to the early finish in the cricket last night and the ready supply of cans available I decided to have a crack at one or two. So far ...

One subject/lesson/parag­raph per post - keep it short, things you have learnt, 1 liners of experience. Lest see if we can get a wonderful post of epithets going. I'll start:

I am looking at doing Mt Richmond Alpine trail in October November.What sort of weather are these months likely to have?

So i was looking at a map and Google earth of a area i like to explore near mt Harper and lake Emma and there's a stream down there called nabob stream and there's a hut beside it does anyone have any info on it like who owns it looks ...

Hey all I was wondering if anyone could help me with the old location of Rokaiwhana Hut in the Ruahine`s, I know this hut was there between 1984 and 1995 but the map I have isnt very accurate as to were it was. I think I may have found some ...

The proposed 83m dam on the Mokihinui River has been granted resource consent. This river is one of very few NZ rivers remaining in their natural state. http://www.nzherald.­co.nz/nz/news/articl­e.cfm?c_id=1&objecti­d=10636798

Hi all ATC leaders, In my opinion, it is a good idea to routinely speak to the trips organiser about the trip gets back. Please call them if they do not call you, for a debrief. Would you please chat with some people on your trip, new and old, and listen to ...

Hey guys, I just got new boots and they are seeming somewhat problematic. I was just wondering how you all prevent any blisters forming?

Hi everyone, posting email addresses in the format yourname[AT]provider­[DOT]com does not protect from spam generated by web crawlers anymore. Seems that there are smart enough crawlers out there now that can still read that. How do I know? I only have to look at my inbox... Cheers, Matt

Hello, new to this site, very impressed with the quality of content avaliable. Im interested to know if anyone has seen an increasing amount of pig rooting off some of the tracks. If you know of area that has been dug over by pigs please contact me via pm or ...

Hello! We plan to travel NZ on april 2011. As Canadians we are use to mosquitoes and others bitting- flyng devices.....what about sand flies? Are they more abundant in South island......allround­ year? Congratulations for this useful site

Hey all im planning on going up to the kawekas on the 31st of july for a night or 2 and was wondering if any one knows what makahu saddle would be like? Snow? and if any one has any other ideas of a good decent over night trip up ...

Hi everybody, I'm french and I'll come soon in New Zealand, from november 27th to december 27th 2010. I search for any advises to walk in this country. Before I'll have visited north Island, I would tramp in the south. I'm particulary interested in wildlife. I've heared about nice trip on the ...

Hey all Im planning on going for a tramp this weekend coming and was looking at either going to roaring stag lodge or trying to get to zekes hut in hihitahi reserve, I know that roaring stag up to the junction with herepai hut is wet weather friendly but I ...

One thing I have got myself into a flap about recently is the increasing use of the word "Trail" in the vocabulary of officials in the Department of Conservation and others. I was recently reviewing the BOP Conservation Management Strategy and after finding nothing in it that was really contensious I ...

Hi all, a simple question, probably lots of answers, opinions and experiences - please enlighten me with your view on things, as I truly have no idea but would like to find out more about this: When it comes to researching and developing reality based best practise regarding outdoor safety standards: Who ...

Hi all I hope this isn't a gross breach of forum etiquette and I hope you'll forgive my presumption but on route out from Anderson Memorial Hut this weekend I realised I had left my camera and camera bag in the hut. It's not a super expensive camera but it has some ...

Has any one got a pair of la sportiva Karakorum Boots . I was looking at getting a pair , Fat kiwi feet anyone ?

Hi all Is this still at Otaki Forks? Ask as I may need to use it in emergency on a trip I'm doing in 2 weeks and don't want to arrive at forks wet, cold and tired and no hut ;c) Thanks in advance!

Hi all, there's something in Wellington that I am seriously considering to buy, and that would need to be within the next few days - but I'm in Christchurch. So my question is: Is there anyone in Wellington who could pick up an item for me and post it to Christchurch? I'll pay ...

Hi guys, I have just joined this site. I also follow a site called www.findlostaircraft­.co.nz run by pilot and author Gavin Grimmer who spends his time looking for missing aircraft in NZ. There are also a few others of us interested in this. There are many wrecks out there whose fate ...

It doesn't look good for this pair http://www.nzherald.­co.nz/nz/news/articl­e.cfm?c_id=1&objecti­d=10584497 Though it does say they are experienced and equipped. Hopefully they are holed up somewhere.

I wonder if anybody has been to this rock. I was taken there about 25 years ago and woild like to find it again. I have a photo and am trying to reverse engineer the location with Google earth but am keen to get any further info. It was I think ...

Just found this link today, and I know all Kiwi wilderness trampers can identify with it. (I'd love to do this myself) http://www.youtube.c­om/watch?v=i580QU9kK­8M

Hi everyone, after writing an answer to a question of Chiromum, I decided to re-post most of it here, as I know from experience that it is hard to find information about this topic, and I want to make it easy for people to find it. Excuse the length of the post, ...

My Hollyford Track trip is only about 7 weeks away,my question is about predicting the weather.I have been looking at the Met Service web siteand it seems to me that the rain events seem to come from the South\south west and what conditions could i expect from North,South,East and west ...

apparently: http://www.stuff.co.­nz/3546843 " An investigation is to be carried out by the Economic Development Ministry after a boy was hurt falling from a bunk in a Conservation Department hut in Abel Tasman National Park. The Wellington boy, 11, on a tramping trip with his family, apparently fell from a top-bunk ...

Has anyone come across a memorial stone placed somewhere in the Kawekas? I would like to find it.

I'm not a dedicated hut bagger but huts do interest me a great deal. I started to count one day and got to nearly 400 but then some dilemmas started to occur. eg. Can you count a hut that not longer exists? What if a hut has been replaced and you ...

I was just wondering if anyone is a member of New Zealand Land Search and Rescue.

hey guys a few of my mates are newbies and want to know where the best place to have your bed roll is? inside the pack or on the outside?

Here's somthing for those into trivia. I am pretty sure Park Pass at the head of the Rockburn is named after James Park who was a geologist and mountaineer and Professor of Mines at Otago University. James Park is the father of Air Chief Marshall Sir Keith Park GCB, KBE, DFC, ...

Has anyone heard anything more about the 22 year old wellington hunter that was reported missing around longview hut in the ruahines on monday? there was a small thing written on the tvnz but I havnt heard anything more, does any one know if he has been found?

Hopefully nobody will object. Let us take moment to remember all those that paid the ultimate price so that we are free to wander this beautiful country. Lest we forget.

I'm having trouble understanding how I can use my gps to indicate my position on a paper map. I tried to set the user grid as suggested on this site but none of my waypoints give a reading; just USR_________ Help! (please)

Has anyone seen this NZ movie? It was filmed partly in the Ruahines. There was an old hut featured in the film. Im just wondering if its a private, or public hut? I did see a track marker pole in one of the shots. Awesome photography! Lame film ( doco) ...

How do you delete photos, once you've put them up? I put up two nearly 24 hours ago and though they show when I look at my profile, they are not showing on the site. Being a fussy photographer, I dislike my photos looking bad. So, since I put them ...

Hi all Been here before, but first time to register and post to the forum, so wanted to say hello. I posted up a recent photo I've taken, but it's not showing very well and sometimes has a red cross. I'll delete it and reload - when I find the delete button! Nice ...

Hey All I hope I can do this Please check out the New and Improved Website including these New Trips -North Ohau hut and Shooters camp -Whakapapaiti hut -Tongariro Summet / Oturere valley -Lake Rotokare -Whanganui River trip -Tongariro Crossing -Waihohonu traverse And many more.... Also we have a new members area email us if you want to be a ...

Not sure if many of you have come accross the Walking Access Commission. They've a small website with some interesting documents regarding the history of access, current access rights and liability. http://www.walkingac­cess.org.nz/ Reason they came to my attention is they're currently starting a tender process for a 'Public Access Mapping System'. Looks ...