The monkey apprentice

Lewis Pass Tops, Lake Sumner (Hoka Kura) Forest Park

The wind was howling over the Little Wanganui Saddle as I held my phone out to get reception. It was the first day of 2024, the fifth day of our six day journey through from the Lookout Range and the Wangapeka Track. The forecast showed a beautiful high pressure system shining over the country until the rains would return on 5 January…