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    LETTER OF THE MONTH

    Dec 20, 2021 3 minutes

    RELIVING PAST TRIPS

    The ‘30th Anniversary Issue’ (October 2021) brought back tramping memories.

    I recalled an exhausting tramp to Kapakapanui on which we almost succumbed to heatstroke; I remembered my late dad’s fondness for Cone Hut and my first multi-day tramp. My then-boyfriend planned a crossing for us that started at Field Hut and ended at Totara Flats a couple of days later.

    We were both inexperienced and hadn’t been near the Tararua Peaks before. When we arrived at the chain ladder (it really was a chain ladder in 1980), we looked down it and agreed

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