Sunday, February 11, 2024 9:16 pm
Location: Red Hills Hut (1980.1 km)

My penultimate day in the Richmonds took me across several large stream valleys on the way to Red Hills Hut.

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Wairoa River
Saturday, February 10, 2024 8:07 pm
Location: Hunters Hut (1961.9 km)

In an exercise in tedium, the trail slogged its way from Mid Wairoa Hut to Hunters Hut.

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Mt. Rintoul
Friday, February 9, 2024 9:34 pm
Location: Mid Wairoa Hut (1944.8 km)

My third day in the RIchmond Range took me mostly downhill, to a hut on the Wairoa River.

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Thursday, February 8, 2024 9:22 pm
Location: Mt. Rintoul Hut (1929.6 km)

The second day in the Richmond Range, over Mount Rintoul, was an extraordinary difficult day.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 8:04 pm
Location: Slaty Hut (1916.3 km)

Today, I entered the Richmond Range, a challenging high-elevation section of Te Araroa.

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