High summer in the hills

October 2021

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Alpine flowers at high lakes on crossing to the Matakitaki Valley. Photo: Pat Barrett
An idyllic tramp in Nelson Lakes National Park with a group of long-time friends, superb weather and magnificent scenery. What could possibly go wrong? Finally I could see them 60m above, off the scree and working through some small rock steps which looked easy, but ended in a sheer rock face that rose over 90m above them.  It was a […]
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