Mt Baldy

Turning into popsicles on Baldy…

Date: 27 - 29 June 2014.
Trip type: Medium - Fast (Sarah refuses to call it 'Fit' still).
Location: Tararuas - Holdsworth - Atiwhakatu Hut-Baldy-Broken Axe Pinnacles-Jumbo Hut-Mt Holdsworth .
Author: Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Maarten (leader), Jessie, Fiona & Sarah Fisher.

See more photos from Sarah Friday night saw our group doing an extremely quick march to Atiwhakatu hut after which I declared there would be a mutiny the next morning if we were walking that fast the rest of the tramp as my pack was stuffed full of an abundance of warm clothes. We arrived … Read more

Broken Axe Pinnacles – The Not Tappy, Light and Fast Daywalk

Date: 12 October 2013.
Trip type: F Daywalk.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Rob Edwards.
Trampers: Debbie Buck, Rob Edwards, Tony Gazley (leader), Megan Sety, Emily Shrosbree.

Broken Axe Pinnacles viewed from Baldy

Broken Axe Pinnacles The Not Tappy, Light and Fast Daywalk A day hike loop from Holdsworth carpark over the Broken Axe Pinnacles “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley.” And so they did. What was to be a three day trip to climb Tappy became a furtive dash in the Tararuas … Read more