Had a cracker of an 11-day walk into the Olivine Wilderness Area over new years. Unarmed, but you'd have trouble covering that much ground and still having time to hunt anyway!
Started from the Routeburn road and walked around Lake Sylvan to the Rockburn, up the Dart to the Beansburn, up the Beansburn, over Fohn Saddle to the Olivine Ledge, down the Olivine River, up Forgotten River, over Forgotten River Col to the Olivine Ice Plateau. Climbed a couple of easy peaks there (Blockade and Little Ark) as ridiculously good weather meant the snow was too soft for any steep climbing - carried ropes etc all the way and never even used them! Then back down Forgotten River, up to the Olivine Ledge, over Fiery Col and down to Cow Saddle, down Hidden Falls Creek, over Park Pass and finally down the Rockburn and out over Sugarloaf Pass.
Got all that? Have a look on the map... New Zealand Topographic Map - NZ Topo Map
Fairly big country in there, feeling a bit fitter by the end of the trip for some reason. Anyway, here is a trucking schistload of photos for whoever wants to look at them.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1674/...2f7e990b_o.jpgBeansburn by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1540/...56984450_o.jpgFohn Saddle by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1669/...78b0f8b7_o.jpgOlivine Ledge by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/...d83983f1_o.jpgForgotten River by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1441/...9859fb18_o.jpgForgotten River by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1612/...e5bd4f20_o.jpgForgotten River headwall by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1632/...155ee56f_o.jpgForgotten River hotel by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1473/...c47f9b8e_o.jpgKea by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1481/...4ab4edb7_o.jpgForgotten River Col by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1482/...0a7a233c_o.jpgForgotten River Col by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1500/...bb75d0fe_o.jpgBlockade Ridge by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1567/...140f8a00_o.jpgOlivine Ice Plateau by night by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1517/...f1f39290_o.jpgOlivine Sunrise by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1465/...d53aa6f3_o.jpgMt Aspiring by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1606/...b0ecf747_o.jpgLittle Ark and Olivine Ice Plateau by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1461/...0216a91a_o.jpgLittle Ark by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1600/...a315643e_o.jpgOlivine Ice Plateau by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1663/...bd9077cc_o.jpgIntervention Ridge by Ben, on Flickr
^^Perspective can be deceiving - the face above is about 500m away and 500m high.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1596/...323312ce_o.jpgForgotten River Col by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1609/...dea85a86_o.jpgIntervention Ridge by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1638/...f23d34f1_o.jpgSunrise over Memorial Icefall by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1476/...18351ba4_o.jpgBlue Pool by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1663/...a3e86d32_o.jpgClarity by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1714/...56127d3e_o.jpgBlue Pool by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1575/...79295276_o.jpgOlivine Ledge by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1498/...cd7d14fb_o.jpgKea in the wind by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1683/...70c83992_o.jpgFiery Col by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1696/...fb5aa1bb_o.jpgOlivine Ledge by Ben, on Flickr
^^I Like how this one shows a few of the places we went - Olivine Ledge, the clearing at the Forgotten/Olivine confluence down the valley, the snowy peak of Ark peeking over the ridge in the top right.
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1616/...2e22441d_o.jpgFiery Col by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1565/...40fcca64_o.jpgCow Saddle by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1548/...2c531a46_o.jpgHidden Falls creek by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1638/...ce0a26e1_o.jpgPark Pass by Ben, on Flickr
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1695/...e7ab1be7_o.jpgSugarloaf Pass by Ben, on Flickr
More photos here too for anyone who isn't sick of looking yet: https://www.flickr.com/gp/gravelben/31452P