MOUNT HECTOR HUTT
MATERIAL TAKEN TO SITE,
The Tararua Ranges have a ho*t «t devotees of tramping, for whom the mountain traverse has a perennial fascination, but it gays much for their enthusiasm that no fewer than forty, including eight ladies, assembled at the Otaki Forks at the week-end for the purpose of carrying' to the topmost slopes of Mount Hector the material for the emergency hut to be erected for tfte use of trampers in difficulties on the overland track. The party, under the leadership of Mr. D. B. Hoggard, of the Tararua Tramping Club, " passed the night of Saturday, at the. Fork*, where they were hospitably accommodated by the NKno,x and Russljng families under the available shelter. The weather was perfect, hut thp night was exceedingly cold. Before-daybreak next morning all ,wew> up, and after a frugal breakfast, the various loads were allotted, in the sections of the portable hut, to the various members of the party. The total weight was Ijetween half a.nd three-quarters of a ton. The ladies carried the provisions and. also a share of the other load, and they did their part gallantly. The track was in good order, frozen hard, but the higher slopes where the track rises above the tree>iine were rather trying, and xjot all of the pary succeeded in getting their shares to the top. The great.bulk of the material was, however, placed on the site, and the hut is to be erected in about a fortnight's time. The average, tinia. taken for the ascent was four hours. Some of the party went on to make the traverse to Kaitoke and Upper Hutt, while the rest oafae back to Otaki and town, very tired 'after their strenuous week-end-The view from the top of Hector was described us unsurpassed, for the atmosphere was clear as crystal on Sunday, and the range of vision was from Egmont and Ruapehu in the north down to the Kaikouras in the south and out towards Golden Bay in the far westward The party enjoyed sdidmg on the fro*on titrim and glissading on the snow-covered slopes, •
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 7
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350MOUNT HECTOR HUTT Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 50, 28 August 1922, Page 7
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