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Campbell Biv, 02-03 May 2015

Fantastic loop linking the historic Arahura and Styx pack tracks with a satisfying and beautiful, but self-mutilating side trip to the seldom visited Campbell Biv. Team: Silvia Horniakova, Jeremy Herbert, Max Olsen, James Thornton and Nina Dickerhof
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The Arahura Valley from scrubline.
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The Arahura Valley from scrubline.

  • The Arahura Valley from scrubline.
  • Max above Campbell Biv, Styx Saddle on the right (photo - James Thornton).
  • Reaching Campbell Biv.
  • Perfect timing as west coast clag is about to envelop us.
  • Max happy to be at Campbell Biv. He's about to find out that despite the overgrown route, we were already the fourth party to visit the biv this year. Overall the biv received only 2-3 visits per year and in some years it received no visits at all.
  • Inside the hut, party members express various feelings at the prospect of squeezing into the biv for the night.
  • A resourceful Max, trialing ways of sleeping five people in a NZFS B49 two bunk biv.
  • Dusk fell over the Arahura....
  • ..while we enjoyed a cosy evening inside the hut.
  • Max providing visuals for Jeremy's horror storys featuring "Old Campbell's Hand".
  • Max: "Ha! We did manage to squeeze 5 people in, without me having to sleep under the bunk!" (photo - James Thornton).
  • Campbell Biv the next morning.
  • Me leaving the biv, Mt Newton behind (photo - Max Olsen).
  • Silvia and Jeremy having fun descending another slippery side creek.
  • Silvia and I about to plunge down a scrubby gut that Jeremy has just described to us as "absolutely horrible!" (photo - James Thornton).
  • Silvia.
  • Spot me in the scrub above the creek (photo - James Thornton).
  • A highlight of this route was the beautiful waterfalls.
  • Gentleman Jeremy helping Silvia.
  • Enjoying the sun in the Arahura after a few wet and shady hours in the side creek.
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