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With two 11-hour days, & third 6-hour continuous aay nd. 6.15 a, m, starts, trippers on this excursion were left with little Goubt that Brian Hunt was back in the bush, Yes, Hunty was the leader ‘— every jolt, ‘slip, Sate bruise along the. way.. Sa a cyt we The frantic seven left Ketetahi and clambered round the: eastern side of Tongariro to the Oturere Hut. They camped: on Saturday night about 40 metres off the-Tukino Village access road on the eastern flank. of Ruapehu before stumbling on at first light for the southern end of the Park. Sunday night they camped! near the former Wanganui Tramping Club hut (many of the huts in the area: were recently renamed by the Park Board, possibly to avoid confusion that has arisen in the past by similar sounding names) and finished the circuit on Monday by coming out on to the Bruce Road at various points. :
el ee Warren Thorburn said all we re impressed by “the” eifferent . aspects of the mountains: jend the. barrenness age came cans ae colours of ahe desert. : Typical of the dolaneine re ‘thie time of the year, both savundaty and Sunday were splendid, ‘skin: peeling days, and on Monday heavy snow fell, right down toi the Desert Road .... The Hunty specials bumpsd into a former club member, Mike Wing, on the eastern slopes.of Ruapehu. Mike, who was a popular figure in the Tararuas, is now based in Auckland. Must’ be something wrong with the Auckland weather, he is now sporting a z= flaming red beard .... Mike Hollis, our esteemed President, led a fit trip through the Park over Labour Weekend but so far no news. Have they in fact returned from the wild uplands .. ‘J. °.. seit te (Editor raving again)