Tararua Southern Main Range 11-13 January
A classic Taraura trip
Friday, 11 January 2013
Heading off bright and early Saturday morning
G Monster and old Boots climbing down towards the ladder
Even when you go to the toilet in the mountains you must always remember to pull the chain!
We made it through before the winds got stronger
Maungakuha hut - you couldn't get a better location
Onwards towards Aokaporangi (the wind was gusting 70km and it was very hard to walk!)
The Tararuas guarantee climbing around every corner
Almost at the goblin forest and Andersons Memorial hut
The next day we had 70+km winds and rain to add to the fun, we reached Junction knob after some hard pushing
The Otaki river was pretty brown and wide
As were the side creeks from Y2YY hut
Taken from the Y2YY swingbridge