Tramping in the Tararuas
Selected overnight trips over 40 years, with a short history of the pioneers and the Tararua Range, illustrated by about 150 photographs and maps
by Peter Jagger (Tararua Tramping Club member)
- Read of
- Natural features of the Range
- Early surveyors and explorers
- Who made the first tramping routes
- The impact of Track Committees and Tramping Clubs
The author’s 150 overnight trips include:
- Many adventurous ones in remote terrain
- A number in atrocious and hazardous weather
- A few in unknown areas while on SAR duty
- Several unusual working parties in difficult conditions
- A mere handful in sunny and windless weather