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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- 20200228 103436 carpark trees 711 visits
- 0432 setting out v1 767 visits
- 0433 plam trailhead 660 visits
- 20200228 104347 trailhead toilet 681 visits
- 0435 first bridge 711 visits
- 20200228 105026 picnic area 650 visits
- 0440 swing bridge capacity 15 717 visits
- 20200228 105111 bridge ramp 625 visits
- 20200228 105142 bridge capacity 629 visits
- 20200228 105255 alpine extremes 625 visits
- 20200228 110144 river 687 visits
- 20200228 110344 how far 672 visits
- 20200228 110640 tree 612 visits
- 20200228111358965 himalayan honeysuckle flower 686 visits
- 20200228111405580 himalayan honeysuckle 666 visits
- 20200228 112749 jens tramping 693 visits
- 20200228 113200 hills 617 visits
- 20200228113816771 grevillea 639 visits
- 20200228113904037 not opened yet grevillea 608 visits
- 20200228 115515 fern tree 628 visits
- 0442 tree examination 604 visits
- 0446 jens and backpack 661 visits
- 0448 big trail 642 visits
- 20200228 124723 bark 633 visits
- 20200228124730745 tree root hiding spot 651 visits
- 0451 smaller trail 726 visits
- 20200228 133839 mossy forest 680 visits
- 20200228 133841 tree standing alone 641 visits
- 20200228 134101 field toilet 619 visits
- 20200228 134135 field hut 627 visits
- 20200228 134231 hut instructions 608 visits
- 20200228 134236 in the hut 635 visits
- 20200228 134254 downstairs sleeping areas 626 visits
- 20200228 141838 construction 603 visits
- 20200228 141841 upstairs sleeping area 622 visits
- 20200228 142040 field hut sign 634 visits
- 20200228 142641 do not attempt 633 visits
- 20200228 142715 local information 610 visits
- 20200228 142917 vietnam 4 life 681 visits
- 20200228 143120 helo pad 627 visits
- 20200228 143123 pad and hut 638 visits
- 20200228 143408 forest 659 visits
- 20200228 144252 dennan 557 visits
- 20200228 144953 out towards sea v1 615 visits
- 20200228 144956 windswept 577 visits
- 20200228 145752 tabletop 641 visits
- 20200228 145756 walking the ridgeline 611 visits
- 0464 table top 605 visits
- 20200228 145947 water break 562 visits
- 20200228 145951 vegetation 575 visits
- 20200228 150102 mp and plam 588 visits
- 20200228 151128 anti erosion 620 visits
- 20200228 151622 2hr to kime 602 visits
- 20200228 153528 down to tabletop and sea 576 visits
- 20200228153630936 flowers 523 visits
- 20200228 161049 tararuas v1 651 visits
- 20200228161941888 more flowers 582 visits
- 20200228 162214 well above treeline 560 visits
- 20200228 162509 jens 598 visits
- 20200228 162803 view of kapiti island 642 visits
- 20200228163512412 gnarled 569 visits
- 20200228163516529 topiary 601 visits
- 20200228163628425 orange lichen 687 visits
- 20200228 164014 cairn 587 visits
- 20200228 164025 poled track 539 visits
- 20200228 164326 ex sign 541 visits
- 20200228 164332 almost at kime 595 visits
- 20200228 165200 tarns 560 visits
- 20200228 165856 kapiti island 575 visits
- 20200228 170005 corrected sign 615 visits
- 20200228 170109 beyond the ranges 642 visits
- 20200228170144331 lichen 618 visits
- 20200228 170221 look a hut 591 visits
- 20200228 170244 resting for the last push 587 visits
- 20200228 170547 bird skull cloud 543 visits
- 20200228 170735 mp approaching hut 574 visits
- 20200228 170745 kime hut navigational sign 561 visits
- 20200228 170818 yep kime hut 614 visits
- 20200228 170936 compass tips 613 visits