Herepai Hut

Not your usual Tararua tramp

Date: 13 – 15 December 2013.
Trip type: MF (with vicarious visits from the FE - David Heffernan and Shay).
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Megan Sety.
Trampers: Brendan Eckert (Leader 1), Weimen Ren, Megan Sety, Sam Thornton (Leader #2).

We were rushing to get out of town on Friday night and eat a fast dinner, because David Heffernan and Shay had planned to tackle the SK challenge – the North to South crossing of the Tararuas in under 48 hours. Since the Medium and Medium-Fit trips for the weekend only had one punter and … Read more

Four Seasons in the Tararuas

Date: 12-14 March 2010.
Trip type: Fit Tramp.
Location: Tararuas (Putara road end).
Author: Jenny Cossey.
Trampers: Jenny Cossey, Paul Christoffel.

As I passed Wellington airport with the orange needle horizontal on Cobham Drive, and the radio informing me that wind gusts of up to 140km/h were being recorded, I was beginning to wonder why I was heading into the hills. The horizontal hailstorms announced that summer had ended and autumn had begun. Buses were crashing … Read more