Lookout Karamea here I come
Lookout Range and the Wangapeka Track, Kahurangi National Park
Walking through the rain in Whirinaki I swore that I would never tramp in the rain again. This New Years would be for sunny walking, the sort where every river pool looks inviting and sunscreen must be applied religiously. When Hugh and I checked the forecast on boxing day it shone brightly on the Wangapeka Track, a 57km route that traverses the southern edge of Kahurangi National Park. There would be options for tops travel and to spice things up a bit we would traverse the Lookout Range to meet the start of the track by Rolling River. What could go wrong?
1. Broken from the beginning
Lookout Range Route to Granity Pass Hut
As the day of our departure approached the forecast began to shift in less than favourable ways. Alas, the wheels had already been set in motion and we would just have to take whatever was thrown at us. It was on a muggy Thursday morning that we set off, waving goodbye to my parents as we disappeared down to the Tadmor River. Once across the Tadmor we began to steadily climb along a…
