Mount Owen the long way

December 2014

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December 2014

Among the karst on Mt Owen. Photo: Nick Groves
Nick Groves plans a quiet trip into Kahurangi National Park, but finds in the warm weather of summer, quiet is hard to get Mount Owen is a complicated little mountain, which is probably the reason I keep going back to lose myself amongst the intricate bare rock outcrops and softer herb and flower-filled basins. No […]

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