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  • Thanks!

      11 May 2021

    With the weather looking very wet on the west coast after Ivory Lake, decided to do some tramps around Arthurs Pass with friends instead of heading south & call it a season. I’ll still be doing some winter missions in the south island but thru-tramping is off till summer I think 🥶😁 will keep posting via Instagram page

    Big thanks to all donators. Legends! Without all the help from the organisations you’ve donated to I would not be here.

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    PLEASE, get OUT and ENJOY IT!

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  • Route Plan - Greymouth to Queenstown

      26 March 2021

    1st leg completed! Cheers to all the great people I met along the way.

    Here's my route plan from Greymouth to Queenstown:

    27th March - Fly to Chch

    Transfer rental car to Greymouth. Arrive 28th March.

    Week trip:

    1 Drop off at Totara Valley Rd end (near Ross), walk to Dickie Spur Hut [elevation 1800m][10km]

    2 Dickie Spur - Top Tuke [6km]

    3 Top Tuke - Ivory Lake [7km]

    Option 1: Waitaha

    4 Ivory Lake - Top Waitaha

    5 Top Waitaha - Moonbeam

    6 Moonbeam - Waitaha Valley Rd end

    Option 2: Back same way

    4 Ivory Lake - Top Tuke

    5 Top Tuke - Dickie Spur

    6 Dickie Spur - Totara Valley Rd end

    If ya feeling keen + good weather: Three Passes, east 2 west

    1 Waimak bridge - Carrington Hut

    2 Carrington Hut - Whitehorn Pass - Park Morpeth *** CHECK CONDITIONS, CRAMPON TERRITORY?

    3 Park Morpeth - Harman Hut

    4 Harman Hut - Grassy Flat Hut

    5 Grassy Flat Hut - Upper Kokatahi Rd end. Hitch to Greymouth

    If weather lines up and Jake is around, traverse from West Coast to East Coast via Whitcombe Valley:

    1 Roadend - Rapid Creek Hut

    2 Rapid Creek - Frew Hut

    3 Frew Hut - Price Flat Hut

    4 Price Flat Hut - Wilkinson Hut (heard this hut is very cool)

    5 Wilkinson Hut - Wilkinson Glacier - Neave Hut

    6 Neave Hut - Whitcombe Pass - Lauper Bivvy

    7 Lauper Bivvy - out via road

    OR Hitch to Franz

    1 Hitch to Waiho Flat rd end. Walk to marked hut via Sandfly beach [15km]

    2 Walk to Gillespies Beach. Stay at campsite [18km]

    Hitch to Fox

    Day walk up Glacier or Lake Matheson

    1 Hitch down SH6 to start of Haast/Paringa cattle track. Walk to Blue River Hut [3-4km]

    2 Blue River - Maori Saddle [9km]

    3 Maori Saddle - Coppermine [14km] *Big slip at chasm creek

    4 Coppermine - SH6 [7km]. Hitch to Haast or walk 10km

    1 Hitch to Jackson River rd end. Barn Bay cascade track. Stay at hut or camp

    2 Barn Bay - Gorge River

    3 Gorge River - Big Bay

    4 Big Bay - Martins

    5 Martins - Hokuri

    6 Hokuri - Alabaster

    7 Alabaster - Road end shelter

    8 Walk out, hitch to Te Anau/QT

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  • Route Plan: Bluff - Queenstown

      18 December 2020

    Huge thanks to everyone donated so far!!

    Here's my rough plan for Jan 18th - Feb 20th, from Bluff to Queenstown. If you're keen to tag along for a section hit me up!

    1 South Coast tk: up to Okaka lodge via Tuatapere Hump Ridge tk

    2 Over Hump Ridge, down to Teal Bay Hut

    * CHECKPOINT - out north to Lillburn Valley Rd

    3 West, cross Wairaurahiri river walkwire, up Rata Burn, up the spur towards Helena Peak

    4 Northern traverse along Princess Mtns, camp level with Alice Peaks

    5 Northern traverse along Princess Mtns, camp in line with Caroline peak

    6 Northern traverse along Princess Mtns, camp near End Peak

    7 Scramble down to Hauroko Burn Hut

    * CHECKPOINT - out via boat ride to Lillburn Valley Rd

    8 Dusky tk - to Halfway Hut

    9 Dusky tk - to Lake Roe Hut

    10 Dusky tk - to Loch Maree Hut

    11 Dusky tk - to Kintail Hut

    12 Dusky tk - to Upper Spey Hut

    13 Dusky tk - to Wilmot Pass Rd and West Arm Hut

    * FOOD STOP: hitch to TE ANAU

    1 Hitch E along HW94 then NE up Mavora Lakes rd - try make it to Kiwi Burn hut or Mavora Lakes campsite

    2 Boost N to Careys Hut (along TA trail)

    3 Boundary Hut

    4 Taipo Hut

    5 Greenstone Hut

    * CHECKPOINT - out via Greenstone tk

    6 Steele Creek OR Mid Caples Hut

    7 Upper Caples OR Kay Creek Hut

    8 Scott Saddle out to Routeburn rd

    9 Hitch to Glenorchy

    10 Hitch to Queenstown

    To see my route on NZ topo maps: open https://www.topomap.co.nz/ and click 'Share Map', then click 'Add KML/GPX overlay', select 'GPX' and paste the following link:

    https://onedrive.live.com/download?cid=4CC3A68289368B84&resid=4CC3A68289368B84%21197&authkey=APx0VcqKOxy9kmM

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    • 26/03/2021 by Margaret

      Sounds an amazing tramp Isaac. You are amazing & an inspiration to us all. I wish you well on this next amazing feat & hope the weather is kind to you. These past weeks have been good here in ChCh and hopefully they are on the West Coast. Like the sound of the Wilkinson Hutt, of course you have to go there & it will be amazing! Lots of love & best wishes. Take care. Margaret. Xxx