Our second day in the Hawkes Bay started out with a full day planned on three hill tops and Tourere was our first stop. The day started with a quick stop to pick up Warrens radio friend, Dave ZL2DW at 8am and off we headed from Hastings off to the summit. Dave offered to join us for the day to spend some time hilltopping and …
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As the year ticked over from 2015 to 2016 Warrens adventures with SOTA were not about to go astray just because we were restricted on where we could be. Warrens work life and a few associated hiccups have meant an extended period on call this holiday season, including having to push back our holiday to the Hawkes Bay, to visit friends and family and of …
We are not quite sure what inspired us to tick off a third summit activation for today. Perhaps it was Warrens need push the boundaries and squeeze as much into one day as humanly possible or just that no matter what the time of day, he wanted to finish exactly what he said he would do. So we made our way out to Te Puke, …
We made it! out of the Waikato and in to the wider ZL1 adventure playground in the Beautiful Bay Of Plenty. They sure turned on the sun for us over there that was for sure. If you are planning to make the walk up Mount Maunganui on a day like we did, make sure you dress loosely, have plenty of sunscreen a hat and plenty …
Another weekend and another summit or three on the cards. Takaurunga Summit was the first and by far the easiest of our summit activation’s for the day. Special thanks needs to be made at this point to Neill who met us at the gate and got access granted to the site which is on private land part way up the Kaimai Ranges. Once through …
Well i must admit some of these photos like the one in the cover are recycled from our view at home and the walk Warren and I did earlier this year with Myah and Wyatt, so when Warren and Myah set off last night they had a fair idea of what they were in for on this tramp to the summit of Mount Kakepuku. They left …
So onward to our second summit activation for the day we went (12.12.2015). Thankfully after the walk we not so earlier in the day had incurred, this one was much easier to reach. Klondyke, is well known to the Ham Radio community and sports an impressive repeater site hosting a major hub for the national system and the 6625 Auckland VHF repeater This …
The summit of Hakarimata ZL/WK-157 Of course this was a challenge and what better way to start off our ZL-SOTA adventures than with this brave walk, although it certainly is a well used summit track situated out the back of Ngaruawahia, in the Waikato. Now neither of us are marathon runners or gym bunnies, however we managed to make it to the summit, …