Saturday - Otaki Forks to Kime Hut. Sunday - North along the main range to Maungahuka Hut for lunch. Then along to Aokaparangi and down to Aokaparangi Hut. Monday - North along to Andersons Memorial Hut for lunch. Then along to Junction Knob and down to Waitewaewae Hut for the night. Tuesday (ANZAC day) - Out to Otaki Forks, with a hot brew on the Plateau.
Saturday, 22 April 2017
Quick stop at Field Hut
Looking up at Dennan and Bridge peak
Looking back at Otaki Forks
Our destination the following day...the southern main range
Kime Hut
It was a stunning sunset
And sunrise
Mt Hector
Heading towards the Tararua Peaks
GUO
Brandon
Lots of climbing on this trip
Climbing climbing climbing
Tricky sidling
With some big drop offs
Making our way onto the ladder
The ladder is at the end of this rope
Marcia is on
Followed by Queen Elisabeth
GUO and Brandon
Maungahuka Hut
The 'v' centre is where we'd come from
Love this photo
We are the Borg...resistance is futile
I made a broken specter
Sunset as we climbed Aokaparangi
Almost at the top of Aokap
Made it!!
Aokap Hut
It was cosy to say the least
Looking at the eastern Tararuas
Climbing back up to the top of Aokap the next day
Another stunning day
The only steep bit on Aokap
Into the goblin forest before Andersons Hut
Anderson Memorial Hut
Oh deer
Looking back at Kahiwiroa
Girdlestone (L) Mitre (R)
At Junction Knob
Dundas Ridge
Crawford
B+W
Descending into the bush. Otaki Forks in the distance
