Date: Tues 22nd March-Fri 25th March
Location: Lewis Pass-Palmer Flat
Weather: Very windy 1st night & rain then fine for the rest of the tramp.
Group Members: Outdoor Rec, Group 2.
Duration: 4 days
Incidents: Wasp stings but no one who was allergic got stung.
Key Learning: Navigational skills.
Quite a short walk on the 1st day from Lewis Pass to our chosen camp destination. Ended up being a really exposed spot so got hit by some strong wind and rain that night. got up at 7.30am to another cold, windy morning but it became fine in the afternoon. I took over leading that day after ben and lead us to Brass Monkey Bivouac where we stopped and had lunch. We thought that was going to be our camp spot but we got there at bout 2ish so thought we could get more walking out of the day so walked for another 2hrs. set up camp down near a river, cooked tea and made a fire. Woke up to a big frost that morning, had breakfast then Chris Harvey took over leading that day. Did some nav work throughout the day, stopped at a river/swimming hole that Zak jumped into and it was freezing. Carried on till we hit Lake Cristabel hut. Had lunch there, Rata took over leading and made our way round the lake, had a swim then hit our next camp spot for the night at the edge of the lake. Awesome spot with the view of the lake infront of us. Last day we walked for about 3 and a half hours approx to the vans. Really good tramp and great weather.
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