Thread: A trip to remember and an appointment missed,

Originally Posted by ghosts

Hawkes Bay born and spent a heck of a lot of time in its back blocks. My father was a pig hunter and collected old Winchesters. This and a heap of times on my uncles farm at the back of Tutira gave me a passion for the outdoors of which I still live in. I miss Hawkes Bay as I live down on Stewart Is and have done for 30 plus years and my heart goes out to everyone affected by cyclone G. One of Dads mates [and I bet you know them @GranpaMac] , Snow Angen, Jack O Sullivan and a few others carted a few loads to that Kaweka hut. Snow rights about it in his book.First deer I shot was on Smedley Station as a cadet. Now I get to watch Whitetail deer out of my windows at times. Lifes good.

Greetings @ghosts,
Yes I knew Snow slightly and Jack O quite well. On the 1963 trip we dropped in on Jack Nicholas at his hut on Makahu and knew most others in the 1970's and 1980's through Deerstalkers and NZ Mountain Safety Council. Another you likely knew was Ron Pink who was a friend of my Uncle Hec and I knew quite well. Almost all of them are gone now but if we say their names they live again for those that knew them if only for the moment.
Regards Grandpamac.