Peter looks back to the scree slope from McKellar Stream. Photo: Photos: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

Among the tarns

November 2022

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Alpine basins with a multitude of tarns large and small make a traverse of the Ella Range a magical experience.

Maps inspire me. I have a particular fondness for topographical sheets produced by Land Information New Zealand: the simple colours, the shading that lends form to ridges and gullies, the symbols and the hatching. A sheet like my old M30 Matakitaki is filled, margin to margin, almost entirely with mountains that offer countless possibilities for […]
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