Thread: Running Out of Time

Greetings All,
The latest copy of NZ Outdoor appeared on my chair the other day. In it was an article by Dave Baldwin on his latest Bushman's Bible Journey. He and others visited huts in the North Ruahine and Kaweka Ranges. It suddenly dawned on me that I had not been to any of them. If I turn my head as I sit here, in my living room, I can see the Kaweka Range so they are not far away. A quick look at the DoC site told me that there are 32 huts and bivs in the Kaweka FP and I had only stayed at 13 of them plus visited another 4.
I am no hut bagger by any means but I was surprised that 15 of the huts had eluded me in spite of over 50 years of pottering about in the Kaweka FP. No one will be surprised to hear that none of the elusive huts are close to the road ends. Any thought of my departing the Lakes Road car park, loaded with tucker, to visit more of them on some sort of grand tour also fails the believability test on a number of levels. A plan is required. Some assistance from Chris Crosse is likely to be needed. Perhaps a fly in walk out trip? Or perhaps fly in, walk (mostly downhill of course) and fly out. We are close to the roar so spring would be a good time and I have all the kit I could need. Just one small, well quite large actually, problem. The body, clearly some training will be required. I will let you know how I get on.
At this point some of you are thinking that Grandpamac has totally lost his marbles. This may be true in part but the point of this post is to remind those, not in the first flush of youth, to do those trips we have dreamed of while you still can. This allows you to remember them rather than dreaming about what they may have been.
Regards Grandpamac.