Thread: Leave pack in DOC hut?

Originally Posted by tanqueray

I've met some weirdos in huts, and people in the bush who I'm pretty sure were on the run. Also had a trail cam stolen, it was at least 300m as the crow flies from a track. So I'm pretty wary now.

mate and i were up in the kaikoura ranges when in walked american tourist with the biggets pack i have ever seen. he even had 4 2 liter bottles of coke in it and i estimate it weighed 45-50kg. it had taken him 12 hours to reach the hut while we took 3 at a leisurely pace.
then he opens his pack and breaks out the portable dvd player etc and a dozen dvd's !!!
he had multiple cans of food but turns out didnt bring a can opener. very strange guy who started lecturing us on how hunting was evil.