Duration 5 Days
Activity Caving, skiing, high ropes, ABL, navigation, winter alpine
Weather/Conditions Day 1/2 fine, 3 cold and light rain, 4 heavy snow to 1500m, 5 fine
Region Ruapehu
Personal/Instructional Instructional
Role Instructor
Employer Hillary Outdoors
Group New Plymouth Girls
Number in Group 10 students, 1 intern
Group Details Year 12/13
Incidents Student with pre existing lung condition, struggling to breathe after long walk in the cold conditions
Additional Information Maddy the intern observing
Story
Day 1
Okupata cave, 1 hour nav through the dry vally and up pukehinau stream to pukehinau cave, back to van
Day 2
Skiing on Whakapapa
Day 3
Flying fox, high ropes, swamp abl
Day 4/5
Navigating from Whakapapa to Pihi's Crag then down to Whakapapaiti Hut in a blizzard, 70km winds. Walked out to Scoria flat the next morning, fine, very icey.
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