Up to Kime (pronounced "chym") Hut and back. Thanks Jens!
uphill ------ start 1043 bridge 1051 1st sign 1055; 6.6km, 3-4hr to Field Hut 2nd sign 1103; 5.7km, 3-4hr to Field 3rd sign 1109; 5.5km, 3-4hr to Field, 30min to overnight car park (actual time 26m) Field Hut arr 1341; 2h58 from start dep 1429; 1hr to Table Top, 3-4hr to Kime Hut Table Top 1516; 2hr to Kime Hut 3way sign 1700; 5m to Kime Hut (painted as 15m) Kime Hut 1707; 2.5hr from Field Hut to Field: posted as 3-4hr, actual 2h58 to Kime: posted as 6-8hr, actual elapsed 6hr24, actual moving 5h34 downhill -------- leave Kime 1158 2hr to Field Hut, 4/5hr to Otaki Forks 3way sign 1207 Table Top 1328 45m to Field Hut, 3hr to Otaki Forks Field Hut arr 1416 2h18 from start dep 1434 Otaki Forks 2-3hr 3rd sign 1705 30m to overnight car park 1st sign 1725 10m to overnight car park carpark 1733 5h35 from start, 3h from Field Hut to Field: posted as 2hr, actual 2h15 to carpark: posted as 4-5hr, actual 5h35
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- 0435 first bridge 683 visits
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- 0440 swing bridge capacity 15 689 visits
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- 20200228111358965 himalayan honeysuckle flower 655 visits
- 20200228111405580 himalayan honeysuckle 636 visits
- 20200228 112749 jens tramping 664 visits
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- 20200228113816771 grevillea 604 visits
- 20200228113904037 not opened yet grevillea 575 visits
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- 0442 tree examination 574 visits
- 0446 jens and backpack 626 visits
- 0448 big trail 614 visits
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- 20200228124730745 tree root hiding spot 620 visits
- 0451 smaller trail 698 visits
- 20200228 133839 mossy forest 648 visits
- 20200228 133841 tree standing alone 612 visits
- 20200228 134101 field toilet 587 visits
- 20200228 134135 field hut 598 visits
- 20200228 134231 hut instructions 579 visits
- 20200228 134236 in the hut 602 visits
- 20200228 134254 downstairs sleeping areas 599 visits
- 20200228 141838 construction 572 visits
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- 20200228 142641 do not attempt 597 visits
- 20200228 142715 local information 584 visits
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- 20200228 143408 forest 625 visits
- 20200228 144252 dennan 531 visits
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- 20200228 145756 walking the ridgeline 579 visits
- 0464 table top 575 visits
- 20200228 145947 water break 534 visits
- 20200228 145951 vegetation 545 visits
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- 20200228 151622 2hr to kime 573 visits
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- 20200228 162803 view of kapiti island 611 visits
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- 20200228 170005 corrected sign 578 visits
- 20200228 170109 beyond the ranges 614 visits
- 20200228170144331 lichen 589 visits
- 20200228 170221 look a hut 557 visits
- 20200228 170244 resting for the last push 551 visits
- 20200228 170547 bird skull cloud 509 visits
- 20200228 170735 mp approaching hut 537 visits
- 20200228 170745 kime hut navigational sign 530 visits
- 20200228 170818 yep kime hut 579 visits
- 20200228 170936 compass tips 581 visits