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@@bigsky2081 You’re impressive safety boy. I need to think about an emergency tarp. Yes, we all get on well, just don’t get out much.

@@OutdoorsmanDave LOL, I really don't like to get wet. We've made some good friends inviting fellow hikers to huddle under our tarp shelters. We are retired, we walk everyday.

Are you working or hiking Andrew, which tracks?

@@OutdoorsmanDave trip with the inlaws. Staying at Tryphena. Sight seeing and some short walks.

@@totaratree99 nice, it’s such a beautiful place to visit. There are a couple of lovely, easy day walks near your stay, see the video links in the description of this video.

@@gregdixon172 Easy on, but Thankyou kind sir. 🙏

@@bigsky2081 Yes, us kiwis are blessed, that one is actually free to stay at. Yes a fun video, I’m solo a lot more these days as it’s just filming wise logistically easier

@@OutdoorsmanDave Yes, it's not an inconvenience for ones hiking companions. I really enjoy going on a 3 week canoe trip with my son but it is less work alone. When one goes into the wilderness it is best to go as you would to see a woman. Alone, LOL!

@@bigsky2081 that last line 😂🤣

@@joshthemighty7700 thanks Josh, works everytime

@@joshthemighty7700 maybe for the hunting stealth aspect but what about stone bruising, stick penetration or load carry stability?

@@OutdoorsmanDave I'd preface this with the fact that I only go barefoot on tracks with no metal/gravel and always wear boots on dangerous terrain or need to be somewhere fast. Otherwise Like you mentioned it conditions your soles, ankles and knees the longer you do it. You have less painful incidents over time too as you learn to walk again and your path finding instincts adapt. You can achieve a similar experience with zero drop shoes or toe shoes, just that extra sensory information changes everything that you'd otherwise miss in boots. Just my 2 cents.

@@joshthemighty7700 a good 2 cents worth, cheers 👋

Thanks and all the best with your journey, it’s not easy. 👋

@@simalph no not a Boeing a Skyliner DC3

@@OutdoorsmanDave no the initial on the tree. EB 1950. One of the workers at the Gordon quarry that heard the plane was named Errol Board.

@@simalph always wondered how significant that carving was, thanks

@simalph another interesting fact, that farm area was a gangs marijuana growing site many decades ago.

@@OutdoorsmanDave they must've been a bit nervous if they were growing there at the time with police etc in the area. My father and his family grew up in waharoa, my father and grandfather went up there a few weeks after via Thompson's track and followed what the ridge down to the plane, he said they looked around the tail etc before it was covered by the army. I did a speech on this crash at school when I was about 12.

@gregarmstrong5043 glad you’re back on track as it were, I wish admin from the “ Kaimai Track and Hut users” fb group saw value in what I do, they have just blocked me after I posted photos (no links or maps) of this Kaimai gem. Join the fb group “Kaimai adventure club” for Kaimai intel or my instagram for everything else. 👋

@@totaratree99 thanks man, gosh you’re channel is doing great🌲

@@OutdoorsmanDave Just but just ticking along. Don't have the time I would like. I like your adventures.

All good 👍

No excuses now, the unknown is revealed ✅

@@Matt-ze2xc What does that even mean please?

Good question, essential requirement. I’m not happy with my app (but all my waypoints are now on it) but most appear happy with topo50 Nz. About $7 per island, a no brainer.

@@OutdoorsmanDave thank you x

Thanks. Haha, caught ya out, now I know you didn’t watch the whole thing as I talk about the hut seen from Sentinel Rock, now go back and see, and repost to your network ☺️

@@OutdoorsmanDave Nah Dave, I did watch the whole thing mate. You pin dropped it but it's not discernible in the video but clear as a bell with the naked eye on a good day up there, and cute as a button. That Sentinel Rock is a fab spot.

@waterbourne9282 actually I know what you mean, hard to see on video (hence pin drop) but easy with naked eye on this stunning day 😎

Thanks for watching it Graeme, please share to your network as it’s quite a fun people video. Orange is my brand colour but it might have some advantages if there were hunters around which they generally aren’t in the Kaimai’s because I’m not aware that there is too many deer around. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one yet but I’m very interested to know what the pile of animal droppings were. 👋

@@lesballard9959 thanks Les and yes, because I’m not creating videos for the international market, I suspect a lot more local kiwis watch it for the intel I present. A form of phycological payment verses heavy view count.

@@elishaarmstrong3137 aww thanks Elisha, a wise decision, but by all means do Sentinel Rock if not done so but choose a clear day like ours.

Use electrolytes in bottled water, (is cheap from chemist warehouse ), manganese tablet after hike, carry PLB, the orange uv shirt is a hoodie for sun if need be but I wear caps. Just don’t have an inreach…yet. Thanks for thinking of me. Ps on my Maungatautari adventure I forced myself to get cramp, watch video and see why.

Bases covered. Just concerned you'd worn yourself out. That's a really tough route. The Kiwi Hut climb in itself is rough at that time of year in the sun!

@snoop2477 nah actually I was fine as, just ran out of daylight 👋

@@Kelly-gn7vr Yes they do have high price points, hence my comment on the skillet 😁

A local said it’s a property owner in the area that uses the Conservation land vs their own to hav grown it, been a long time ago I suspect 😇

Thanks, you have just reminded me I need to go and put a pencil in my safety kit as so often I get to huts and there’s no pen to write hike intentions in the book, it’s something we do here in New Zealand.

@@OutdoorsmanDave We do it in our huts as well but the days of calling and getting into a hut are over. Nowadays it is pretty much a drawing to get into huts. That is why I pull a sled and have a tent with a wood stove. It used to be like NZ prices but now it's like a 5 star hotel. At least from my point of view but then what do I know.🤣

It’s getting a bit like that here on popular tracks, hence my preference to go to more remote areas.

Wow, seriously, rules are that tough about coffee grinds? The Kea Stash type bag sorts it all, poop even if need be. Grinding fresh is a hassle but it’s a bit for the video / viewership. I preference aeropress so may not bother to buy the Jetboil press with silicone plunger.

Nope, what’s the story line?

@@OutdoorsmanDave nz is beautiful lol it’s actually part of the last un touched wildlife pre colonial as part of the last push in king country part has lots of mushroom birds fossils an old historic Māori trail that goes through there the land was gifted way back in the day an had been gazette for Forrest an bird since. Have you ever thought of having a mycologist trip

Interested, are you knowledgeable in the ways of fungi, birds & plants to guide and help me make an educational story from a walk around? Your name is?

Thanks for report back, sounds like you enjoyed it as much as we. What did you think of the birdsong?

@@OutdoorsmanDave Certainly plenty of birds up there. One saddleback squawked at me so close it hurt my ears.

Have you listened to the video?

@@OutdoorsmanDave Mr Cheeky ;)

Maunga-tau -Tari

It’s funny, I never clicked that the golf course opposite the Hamilton airport is called Tieke with a stylised saddleback on the sign.

@@TAYLRMADENZ Yes it’s really a hike with benefits

@@Victoria49357 did the Holy Spirit prompt you to say that or do you just randomly post that on peoples channels?

Thanks Craig - So let’s use your knowledge to teach others! I’ll add the bird IDs into the video description. Craig or others, Please ID the bird at each of the following video points. 3:56 6:30 8:48 12:06 12:44 16:20

Popokatea Tieke Tieke Popokatea Tieke Popokatea

@craigmontgomerie4753 Added, credit to yourself 👍

Thanks Anita, it’s a hard one, personally I would have appreciated knowing what level of pain he was in so we could consider all options if need be like taking the easier Wairere track or make up a splint to transfer the weight to it rather than onto his ankle etc. Suspect he didn’t want to seem a burden but yes, he was certainly a good sport and is one tough cookie, we didn’t know (to the point of him driving the car home) that it was actually a fracture. He was wearing his glasses at the off track creek crossing but I literally don’t have any facial shots after that to know when he actually lost them. I’m sure you make a good nurse, take good care of him, all my love, Dave 🙏

Very astute of you to pick up the irony of that 👏👏👏

Never hiked in there, it looks flat but that’s the sort of off the beaten track adventure intel I’m looking for thanks.

Thankful Tania, that’ll go towards the battery charger 🙏

Also, with the markers, there's a lot of pest monitoring lines/tracks. I go with my Dad every now and then to put out or collect pest monitoring cards to check what's going on. The track we do is about a 5 hour trek, lots of bushbashing involved. And the birdlife is fantastic.

Yes, a saddleback, black belly, orange saddle, thanks for that I just couldn’t think of it at the time.

It’ll dm you about something

Yup saddleback and with the kokako the only two native wattle birds left in NZ. The 3rd wattlebird native to NZ was the huia which was hunted to extinction by Buller.

Actually can you dm me via my instagram outdoorsman_dave as I can’t seem to activate your link 🙏

Find anything interesting, waterfalls, caves, mines?

@OutdoorsmanDave .Na don't remmber any those I remmber go up to old trig at top steep steep steep when u 8 years old and remmber sneak into one guides tents ⛺️ and kiss 💋 one hicks girls 👧 on cub guide camp lol 😆

@iantooke3549 ah, thems were the days, today you’d be in deep trouble 😉

@OutdoorsmanDave lol how world 🌎 changed 🤣 the hicks parents be in their late 70s now I don't know if James son ever took on family farm. Nice spot up there I live 2 hours south Perth now

The Aerial on Maungatautari summit.

Nice, Did you do the tunnel or windows walk?

@OutdoorsmanDave we walked along the river from the one lane bridge to the train station and back. The ole girl has a hip injury she's getting over so a flat short in walk in the sun to see how she went. Tomorrow we going around Kainui Lake flat but a bit longer see how she goes.

“The ole girl” you’re living dangerously Les 😃

@OutdoorsmanDave true that lol... but she's not that tech savvy so should be right lol...

Thanks Graeme, if you love bird sound in the bush then you were going to absolutely love my next video due in a week. The most prolific bird sounds ever on a hike and for good reason that secret will be revealed in the video. Lots of bush teaching tips and philosophy in this one too, I just hope that my members are personally growing as a result. I just see so little value in empty calorie entertaining.

Yes have summarised it well, you might be interested in some Kaimai Forgotten Five hut history then, a five video series starting with ua-cam.com/video/kv4JOio0WB8/v-deo.html see description for links to the others. Includes the secret Puketutu, enjoy.

Work through the DC3 video list in description and you’ll find one where we took the ridgeline route up (same as SAR in 1963) from what most likely is the farm you speak of. There was only one body intact, the rest choppered out in bags in parts. The wreckage has spread over a few kilometres.

@@OutdoorsmanDave That's interesting. Will have a look, thanks.

Here it is ua-cam.com/video/ftT2nq6JX-Q/v-deo.html is it the same farm, it’s directly below the crash site. Future videos show more of it.

Such a remote area, have you been through it yourself?

Thanks Brian, have you ever walked it?

@OutdoorsmanDave Hi Dave, if you look at Google maps, you will notice a distinct colour change in the bush north of Ngamarama track, this is where the bush was logged by Ngaroma Sawmills of Greerton 1962 to 1975, (may be others as well), there are extensive logging tracks north, west and south of te tuhi track road, I guess yr salvation hut was built by the logging contractors, they logged south down to the Ngamuwahine and probably across the other side as well, there is on google maps a logging track across a clearing at -37.7759183, 175.9419616, which I guess is very close to yr hut

Thanks Jarrod, yes I’m very pleased with it all round actually