Mount Wakefield, 12 - 13 March 2016
Party: Heather Rhodes, Juliet Meldrum, Hannah Joynt, Danilo Hegg.
At our campsite by the tarn on Mount Wakefield.
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Tasman River and Lake Pukaki from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.
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Tasman River and Lake Pukaki from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.
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Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.
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Mount Sefton, The Footstool and the Mueller Glacier Lake from the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.
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Hannah working on a drawing on the south ridge of Mount Wakefield.
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Hannah working on a drawing on the south ridge of Mount Wakefield. Mount Blackburn, the Tasman River and Lake Pukaki are in the background.
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Balancing exercises on the south ridge of Mount Wakefield. Mount Sefton and The Footstool are in the background.
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Mount Cook Village and the Hooker River's old braids.
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Mount Wakefield's old summit book. I found it in the middle of the steep scree slope directly below the summit.
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"December 30th, 1933, Rosamond Harper". She worked as a guide based at the Hermitage. Daughter of Arthur Paul Harper, attained full NZAC membership in 1928.
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Mr Edgar R. Williams - one of Otago's most prolific climbers, he was born in Dunedin in 1891 and was made a NZAC life member in 1974.
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Ealane St... Any idea who she might have been?
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Mountain stone wētā (Hemideina maori), dark morph. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Mountain stone wētā (Hemideina maori), dark morph. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Mountain stone wētā (Hemideina maori), dark morph. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Mountain stone wētā (Hemideina maori), dark morph, grazing. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Short-horned grasshopper (Brachaspis nivalis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Brachaspis nivalis
Short-horned grasshopper (Brachaspis nivalis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Brachaspis nivalis
Short-horned grasshopper (Brachaspis nivalis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Brachaspis nivalis
Short-horned grasshopper (Brachaspis nivalis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Brachaspis nivalis
Short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Sigaus australis
Short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Sigaus australis
Short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Sigaus australis
Short-horned grasshopper (Sigaus australis). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Sigaus australis
Native wingless cockroach (Celatoblatta anisoptera) at 1650m of elevation on Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Wolf spider (Family Lycosidae). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Native harvestman (Forsteropsalis spp.) female. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Native harvestman (Forsteropsalis spp.) female. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Noctuid moth (possibly Graphania spp.) caterpillar. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Noctuid moth (possibly Graphania spp.) caterpillar. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Eyebright (Euphrasia zelandica). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Eyebright (Euphrasia zelandica). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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Gentian (Gentianella divisa). Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Gentianella divisa
Lobelia macrodon. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Lobelia macrodon
Haastia sinclairii var. sinclairii. Mount Wakefield, Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
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From Haastia sinclairii
Cucurbita Pepo
on March 18, 2016A beautiful essay of our trip, some totally stunning pictures here Danilo.