A big weekend out in the valley of huts

Mt Matthews Traverse, Remutaka Forest Park

One minute I was strolling down the Wellington waterfront and the next I was charging into the darkness along the Catchpool Track to the Ōrongorongo Valley. Where might I be heading you ask? Rewind a few months and a pint or two to Mat and I scheming over the potential to do a larger Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering…