Trip intentions

Have you ever wanted to climb the world’s tallest peak? Lol me too but anyways let’s do Mt Hector instead…

The Plan:

Saturday: Otaki Forks – Field Hut – Kime Hut

Sunday: Kime Hut – Summit – Return to Otaki Forks

Leaving Wellington early Saturday morning (7am kind of vibe), we will arrive at Otaki Forks (with the reduced risk of traffic thanks to good old Transmission Gully) at around 8:30am.

Walk to trailhead (due to Otaki forks closure) – 5km, so around an hour.

Walk to Kime Hut – an uphill 4-6hrs. We will stay at Kime Hut that night. We will do a shared vegan dinner - most likely nachos!

On Sunday we will summit Mt Hector, an approximate 2 hour return trip, then return to the carpark by the afternoon.

Check out this article for a more detailed report

What to bring, besides the usual hiking gear:

Although there are 20 bunks in Kime Hut, I would recommend bringing a sleeping mat just in case (or even a tent?). This is a popular hut as it is located on the Southern Crossing!

A car! We will need a legend with a car to transport everyone as I don’t have one ☹. If there are two people with access to a car, we could potentially bring more people. Obviously fuel costs will be payed to the drivers!

Warm gear (its cold in the mountains!)

The Tararuas is a dog friendly zone (yussss) so bonus points if anyone brings a dog.

Cautions:

This trip is quite weather dependent! It’s a bit too far ahead to pinpoint the exact weather so fingers crossed everyone 🤞.

Also this will be a medium/medium-fit hike given the large ascent all being done on Saturday. If you are unsure about if this is for you, feel free to talk or email me!

Hey Climbing kids, heres this weeks notes: 

1. To be able to top rope belay at Hangdog you need to do a 10/15 min belay session with them which I can book for during our session time. If you want to have this done tick yes on the sign up form below :) 

The Usual Weekly Spiel: 
So, we go Climbing at Hangdog every week (in Lower Hutt) and it's pretty epic and the people are pretty cool so sign up and come along!

Slots are booked at Hangdog for 6:30pm so we'll leave at 6.10pm from Hunter carpark (get here before then if you want a ride!) Open to everyone, no skill or equipment needed.

Hangdog requires us to wear masks while we're there so please bring one with you - if you have unfortunatley lost yours im pretty sure they sell them for $1. 

Bring $16 for your entry and a few coins for your drivers :) (Paying a gold coin to the driver is important as they need to pay for gas otherwise they will just stop offering and we all lose!)

If you are able to provide a car please do, as the more the merrier and we can only carpool if we have cars, otherwise, trains are $11 each :( I will try and add more slots during the day as people sign up if i can find more drivers. 

Here is a map of the kelburn campus to help you find the Hunter Carpark. Map reference 24h.

https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/students/new-students/start/finding-your-way-around/kelburn-campus-map.pdf

5.00 hunter carpark, you know the drill!

No need to be fit