Testing the new sleeping bag

Recently bought a One Planet Nitrous -3 sleeping bag to use over the summer months, in its stuff sac with my silk liner it weighs 650 grams, it packs down really small and is a significant weight and space saving over my domex mountaineer which i will still use for the colder months.
To give it a good test the weekend gone in a roundabout way i climbed up onto the Ruahine tops above the Pourangaki river /Maungamahue . The weather was a bit a average on the saturday but with a southerly change sat afternoon it cleared up nicely and sunday was mint day after a cool start.
This area doesn't get much hunting pressure i suspect because of access issues into the Kelly Night hut areas so there were a few deer out and about, not mobs of deer but one there a couple over there, most were a fair distance 5 or 600 odd yds but i did see a couple of handy ones that i should have shot even just taking the back steaks only which i think is ok in these times of plenty, but with a long walk out around Maungamahue and down the Mania track i wasn't to worried . One young stag in particular was very lucky indeed as i had my rifle set up but fluffed around getting a photo and the stag walked over the ridge out of sight .
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Young stag in that last photo was about 10 am and quite happy snozzing out in the sun .

Great pics there!

Very nice pics. Thankyou.

Quite nostalgic reading that. Bit of a sniffle from the old guy.
Thanks for posting that.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

Quite nostalgic reading that. Bit of a sniffle from the old guy.
Thanks for posting that.

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No worries mate, i know its familiar country to you. i get up there a few times a year but every year it gets a bit harder to climb those hills !

Great yarn, thanks for posting. Damm I need some lighter gear (and to lose a few kgs from my person as well).

Great photos there.

What tent is that and approx weight.

Love the Ruahine Tops, been a long time since I was up there.

Cheers FBD

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Another stellar fella who's posted a yarn and named names so we can all go along for the ride and reminisce. And we all know the mindset and legwork that went into that trip.
Thankyou 30late :thumbsup:

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Great photos there.

What tent is that and approx weight.

Love the Ruahine Tops, been a long time since I was up there.

Cheers FBD

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Tent is a Big Agnes copper spur HV UL 2 man, with a footprint that you need if you want to use it with the fly only and a couple of extra pegs it weighs 1.6 kg. Big Agnes has been a good tent ,had it for a few years now and no problems as long as you are careful where you pitch it.

Awesome pics!
Its beautiful up there on a good day.

Thanks for the memories.

Down on the Pouranaki faces below the Kelly Knight turn off. The same route as your trip. Mid 80's.

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Sounds like a good walk. Yes I doubt it gets much visitors now the Kelly Knight Access is closed. Such a pitty, I really liked that part of the park. I think I recognise that camp site even. Must do a walk over from Rangiwahia or Mania one day.

Some years back I wrote a report on a trip up there. It was called Change, In which I found out about the plans for the Rangi hut and how for those of us who liked to get away from others, there were not many options left. Somehow I read your report and it made me smile. Maybe that little corner is a place for the young and fit for a little longer. I know the venison I hauled from those faces and valleys always tasted a little sweeter for the work that went into procuring it.

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Some years back I wrote a report on a trip up there. It was called Change, In which I found out about the plans for the Rangi hut and how for those of us who liked to get away from others, there were not many options left. Somehow I read your report and it made me smile. Maybe that little corner is a place for the young and fit for a little longer. I know the venison I hauled from those faces and valleys always tasted a little sweeter for the work that went into procuring it.

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That's the taste of your own salt. Lots sweeter than the taste of your mates.

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That's the taste of your own salt. Lots sweeter than the taste of your mates.

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That's not a bad comment from a younger oldy eh lol

Great photos, cool to see some deer out on the open country! What condition was the mania track in?

Thanks for that. It's an incredibly special place up there, my happy place of all areas in the Ruahine Ranges.

What temp do you think you'd be happy using the One Planet Nitrous -3 down to @30late?

I am planning on heading up to Kelly Knight when I have enough brownie points and the weather is a little more stable.
Do you know if the Pourangaki river be accessed from the end of Pourangaki Road or is it a walk up from the bridge?

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What temp do you think you'd be happy using the One Planet Nitrous -3 down to @30late?

I am planning on heading up to Kelly Knight when I have enough brownie points and the weather is a little more stable.
Do you know if the Pourangaki river be accessed from the end of Pourangaki Road or is it a walk up from the bridge?

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I was in the national park two nights ago, few hundred meters below snow line. Not sure how cold it got but rifle was icing within a minute outside. I was toasting hot in the Nitrous -3 wearing thermals. Hardest was getting out of it…

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Originally Posted by Quicknock

What temp do you think you'd be happy using the One Planet Nitrous -3 down to @30late?

I am planning on heading up to Kelly Knight when I have enough brownie points and the weather is a little more stable.
Do you know if the Pourangaki river be accessed from the end of Pourangaki Road or is it a walk up from the bridge?

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I was camped in the same area end of April and the last morning woke up to a hoar frost. Tent fly was iced up and i was only just warm enough wearing thermals socks and warm top, but i am a cold sleeper so a good test for my bag.
As for access from the end of Pourangaki rd i am not sure what the go is there, its been many years since i've been up the river from there .