Thread: Waitangi day hikoi to Back Ridge biv

Yeah it is a lovely walk, just wish there were a few clouds around, was punishingly hot!

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Awesome...... and well done. A beer when back home would have been hard earned.
We thrashed that area and Kiwi Saddle almost every weekend back in the early 80's
We also had a club called "The Back Ridge Club" no annual fee's but every member had to do at least one "walk in" trip in there annually
to retain their membership.

Greetings @NIMROD and all,
There was an earlier club in Napier in the 1970's called the Black Stag Club. I remember a derelict hut in the Ruahines, downstream of Awatere Hut called the Black Stag Hut and often wondered if there was a connection. I have also wondered if anyone knows anything about the Stagger Inn hut on the Mohaka which I think dates from the 1960's.
GPM.

Enjoyed your report, thanks. I stayed in Back Ridge Bivvy for 4 nights in 2021 and it brought back some memories. I cheated and flew in though.

Just to keep the thread alive, here's a pic taken in 1985 on our way out from Back Ridge Bivy after we'd shot more deer than fingers on one hand.
On reaching the kaweka J on our way home, bets were laid over who could manage to do press-ups with the others pack full of meat.
Oh the joys of youth

Originally Posted by NIMROD

Just to keep the thread alive, here's a pic taken in 1985 on our way out from Back Ridge Bivy after we'd shot more deer than fingers on one hand.
On reaching the kaweka J on our way home, bets were laid over who could manage to do press-ups with the others pack full of meat.
Oh the joys of youth

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I think I recognise at least one of those. Look at that bloody old pack.
Grandpamac.

@NIMROD classic pic. I remember that from many moons ago. Here’s a couple of likely punters at the biv about 20 years ago. I wish I was still that fit !

Awsome spot

Cracker pic Nimrod!

I’ve never hunted in there, but I did run through/over the area doing a race called the Kaweka challenge.
Fuck it was hard, 60 odd km over 2 days. I remember the descents being a killer.