Thread: Trip Report

• Family hike on the weekend. 7 hours in the hot sun. Lucky we bought a tarp for sun shelter on the way.
• Got to hut, had dinner etc.
• Glassing from the hut, spotted pigs.
• Shot a pig across a valley. 300m.
• Went to find it.
• Crossed river.
• Smashed my phone on rocks, lost walky talky, lost range finder.
• Got lost in matagouri maze.
• Crossed river.
• Went back to hut.
• Got other walky talky.
• Crossed river.
• Hiked back in.
• Found the walky talky and range finder.
• Crossed river.
• Dropped them back at the hut.
• On comms with daughter back at hut.
• Went out in the dark. Crossed river.
• Found the pig.
• Pig was still alive.
• Charged the pig with trekking pole and knife.
• Stuck the pig.
• Got lost in matagouri again.
• Thought I was going to have to spend the night stuck under matagouri.
• Cut my way out.
• Daughter on comms and flashlight guiding me back.
• Got back to the hut after midnight.
• In the morning, on the toilet I saw a hare.
• We all stalked in on the hare.
• Daughter about to shoot.
• It ran off to 150m away.
• Steep up hill. Daughter shot it off the pack.
• Nailed it.
• Hiked out 6 hours back to the car.
• Full of splinters.
• Wife carried the meat.
• Great weekend.