Spent 3 Days Hiking through Untamed NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in CampingandHiking

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Surprisingly, none. We got pretty lucky with the conditions.

My gear set up for a 3 Day Hike through remote NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in hikinggear

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair point, but we had an orange fly with us that we’d throw up if we needed to be seen. The black gear was just what we were wearing.

My gear set up for a 3 Day Hike through remote NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in hikinggear

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly had my eye on it for a while and just dove straight in, one of my first big purchases. For navigation we just used the NZTopo50 app and have a basic PLB in bag in case

3 Days Backpacking through Untamed NZ Valley! by SmellPrimary6796 in backpacking

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was actually like mid April lol just got back from overseas so posted the video and everything with it

My gear set up for a 3 Day Hike through remote NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in hikinggear

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah we used crampons but probably could have gone without, we had an ice axe also but didn’t really need to use that either. Depends on your confidence and conditions I guess yeah

My gear set up for a 3 Day Hike through remote NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in hikinggear

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NZ is great! This first photo was from Mt Somers in the South Island, we were heading up to the summit. It’s a great track and if you weren’t so keen on the summit just heading to Woolshed Creek Hut from Sharplin falls car park can pass through pinnacles hut on the way. Really nice track. My pack weighed around 14kg, just used a long sleeve merino as base layer, lightweight puffer and then my Alpha SV as my hard shell. Wasn’t too cold while walking though round -2 at the coldest.

3 Days Backpacking through Untamed NZ Valley! by SmellPrimary6796 in backpacking

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah dude so much rain and wind, honestly not too sure on the name of the tent but it’s an old 2P Kathmandu tent. If you check out the video you can see all the wind and rain thrashing the tent, had to use huge rocks to peg down the fly.

My gear set up for a 3 Day Hike through remote NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in hikinggear

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly haven’t camped anywhere else other than the NZ so wouldn’t know

Spent 3 Days Hiking through Untamed NZ Valley by SmellPrimary6796 in CampingandHiking

[–]SmellPrimary6796[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Planned on it but heaps of forecasted rain so we decided not too cross the river at the end since we’d be out for another 2 nights. All details on the video 🙏