Nine days of awesomeness - steady hot sunny weather saw us through some spectacular alpine country in Mt Aspiring National Park. We started from Raspberry Flat (Matukituki Valley), crossed Cascade Saddle, descended into the Dart then walked up the Whitbourn, climbed Mt Edward, then over Whitbourn Saddle down to Williamson Flat. After a side trip onto the Waipara Range to climb Mt Ionia from a high camp on Turks Head, we continued up the Arawhata River to the Arawhata rock biv, then crossed Arawhata Saddle to Liverpool Hut. A wonderful trip! Party: Aaron Whitehead, George O'Sullivan, Danilo Hegg