More field work

Spent another day in the Akatarawas today searching for links. There is no shortage of tracks and roads - someone mentioned 600km of tracks are in the park. The work we are doing is looking at how we can link areas up in a straight line away from the tracks.

No doubt the map will provide you with lots of options for using the track network. However we want to provide you with options to take the direct line as well. We plan to wtest out as many of these direct line options as possible this month.

Found a couple of cool waterfalls today...about 5m high, which we can show on the map. Slow going but quite straightforward to get around.

Think I will try anoyher catchment tomorrow.

Entries are starting to arrive...

and are being posted on the Entries page. Check out the competition...

sample t-shirts

Sample T-shirts have arrived! They'll be on display, and maybe put through a sweat test, at the Sprint the Bay orienteering races in Hawkes Bay this weekend 22-25 Jan. And testing their glow-in-the-dark capabilities too.

New tee shirts

We were ready to settle for the yellow and black, but after one last search of the product lines we discovered a new collared running t-shirt - in a grey blue with orange accents. Couldn't resist! So it replaces the yellow/black collared tee, as pictured. $45 in breathable BIZCOOL fabric. Bound to be a classic!

And while there is no similar non-collared tee, we found a plain dark blue that is very light and comfortable to wear - and looks great with the orange and glow-in-the-dark white logo. One for the speed demons out there looking to save a few grams! $40 in breathable BIZCOOL fabric. Fast. Yes.

Order before March 1 for guaranteed availability.

Sample terrain? Maybe, or maybe not.

Entry form now available

Prices, t-shirts and transport have all been finalised and the entry form is now available as a pdf download from the registration page http://www.moonshine24.co.nz/registration.html

Official Fieldwork Begins

Way before we start thinking about control sites we want to get a good idea about the terrain - what is possible, what is difficult, are the tracks still there - where is the inpenetrable scrub.

Greg and I set oout on Sunday to begin. We probably ticked off about 5 square km of the 200 available to us. Found a new track along a ridge - and the wondered if we could link up the ridge to the vallies on either side. Yes and no was the answer. One vally had very straight forward access via tracks and spurs - And on the other side? You want to pick your spur. We tried one and found it was full of Kei Kei and Suplejack - took about an hour to descend 300m! But then again the next one over took just 20 mins to go back up. Will try and make sure we mark that area of scrub as slow going.