My hardest night in a tent! 🥾 🌲🏕🌲 🥾 Umukarikari Track, Kaimanawa Forest
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- The Umukarikari Track is more of an off the beaten track than my other recent walks. Come along with me for an epic two day, camping adventure in my tiny tent. I started at the road end on Kaimanawa Road with the plan of walking to the Waipakihi Hut and onwards. The torrential rain and wind however didn’t allow me to continue with my full plan which was to return via the Urchin Range. This video is a great example of taking sensible risk management and adapting your plans as need be. There’s no harm in bailing and coming back another day!
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The Facts:
Umukarikari Track, Kaimanawa Forest
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📅 Date: 28/01/2023 - 29/01/2023 Weather: New Zealand Summer; torrential rain, cloudy, wind, thunderstorms.
🌲Location: Umukarikari Track, Kaimanawa Park Park, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
⛺️ Accommodation: Wild camped in a marsh meadow! The huts is $15
Day 1 - Kaimanawa Road End to the Waipakihi Valley near the hut
Moving Time: 5:22:07 (hiking / tramping)
Elapsed Time: 8:12:50Distance: 16:19 km
Elevation Gain: 997 metres
Maximum Elevation: 1,574 metre
Day 2 - Waipakihi Valley to the Kaimanawa Road End
Moving Time: 5:07:00
Elapsed Time: 7:10:56Distance: 17:67 km
Elevation: 679 metres
Maximum Elevation: 1,574 metre
Notes
I walked this in extreme rainfall, if you’re doing this track be aware that there’s no bridge over the tributary stream at the trail end in the Waipakihi Valley near the hut. Four deer stalkers were ahead of me by around an hour and ended up swimming across the river further upstream, they had the advantage of being in a group and being much taller than me. The next day the water level had dropped half a metre however I still wasn’t keen to walk across it.
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I'm glad one of your TH-cam shorts came in my feed! Just subbed! Great shots in this video
Hello The Shape, thanks so much for subbing and your kind feedback, it’s very much appreciated 😀
You are awesome! What an amazing message. Truly inspiring, you’re one tough and wise person. Loved this video. Well done 🙌
Thanks very much for watching my video and for your positive support Chris 💚
Very good film, thank you. Very plucky of you to go on. And very beautiful, the more so, probably, in the rains.
Many thanks E Smith, it’s stunning countryside and I’m looking forward to returning in the dry 😀
Great effort and great video Cheers Pete and Pip
Thanks for watching Pete and Pip and for your encouragement, I really appreciate it 😀
I was really moved by this, thanks so much, I’m inspired by your words. I will try to push my own limits a bit more after seeing this.
Thanks Melinda, one step at a time and we can all achieve great things 😀
Orr mate,your hard,dam I hate those circumstances, buggar that ,anyway well done,Fred taihape
Thanks for watching Fred, our weather is so so unpredictable. Four seasons in one day ❄️⛈️🌈☀️
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Great work. A wet night, but the learnings last much longer.
Thanks for watching Phillip, I’ve never camped in sigh conditions, great fun 😅
The sense of achievement is great Phillip, thanks very much for watching, I do appreciate it 😀
Some good decisions made. It must be a real challenge being by yourself out there though. Still, that's the reason you do it I suppose. 😃
Thanks Neil, in an ideal world the sun would shine and the wind would be gentle. Each trip is a learning curve, some steeper than others 😬
Fairplay girl, wish I had your "attitude" good on you
Hi Steven, thanks for watching my video and your kind words 😀
OM Gosh... I sat up to watch this. You had an epic adventure. Wow. The conditions looked formidable. And I'm so glad you didn't cross that river! 😳I am so glad you're ok. Tip my hat to you amazing lady. ☝Well done...
Thanks for watching and your kind words Be Yourself. Lol there was no way I was getting in that water, it was raging by! Difficult conditions mean I don’t capture the best video as I’m literally just trying to survive so am glad i captured enough for you to enjoy 😊
@@FreewheelingKiwi I love being out when the elements change but not as drastic as your situation. Everything was captured in its natural environment and I guess that made it special to watch. You braved it and Im chuffed for you! 💪🙌👏👍🤩🤗😀
Gorgeous video, the way it is edited and filmed deserves all the praise. I enjoyed every second my friend 🔥
Hi Ervinslens, thanks for coming back to my channel and your kind words. It was tough conditions and I wasn’t able to capture on film as much as I’d have liked so do appreciate your feedback 😀
I’m keen to hear what you’ve learned and potentially change. Will you do a follow up video?
Thanks Te Aroha, in this instance I struggled initially as I’d had a very big week so started fairly exhausted which isn’t ideal. 🥱 Still figuring out a healthy balance. I’d love to go back when the weather is beautiful and splice the two videos together somehow. My tent didn’t cope but that’s the compromise with a super lightweight tent, my pack when equipment is dry is already around 15 kilos so I’m not keen to add to it 😀
Crikey that was very courageous - glad you got back safely. Xx
Thanks for watching and your kind words lesliechr. I’d love to go back on a blue sky day to see the difference as I know the big views will be amazing 😀
I really enjoy your other videos, but this one is my favorite.
I agree with your statement in this video, such as "We learn a lot from tough experiences".
I love traveling by bicycle when the weather is nice, but even on rainy days, I believe I can have valuable experiences and learn a lot from them.
Thank you for sharing.
Hi Keigo_T, thanks so much for watching and your kind feedback. You are so right and the sense of achievement is great after a tough day. I always feel it raises the resilience bar as to what I can cope with in all sorts of situations. Happy trails 🚴🚴🏻♂️
The rain has just been horrendous lately. Very wise decision to deviate from the plan and to not cross the river.
Hi Weka, hasn’t it just, when’s summer coming back? Thanks for watching and your kind feedback, I do appreciate it 😀
I was wondering when you gonna do this walk. I did it in early January 1990 with couple of school buddy’s. But the weather was nice blue sky. Your tough cookie doing that walk in the rain. Good conditioning. Did you see a deer ?
Hi Tim, thanks for watching my video. There was plenty of signs of rubbing on the trees and I heard a deer outside the tent during the night. Didn’t see them but plenty of sign 🦌🦌
How do you record your videos ?
Thanks for watching Megan, I mainly use a GoPro for filming and set it up on different tripods or if someone is about, I’ll get them to hold it for me 🎥🎞️
Wet clothes.... Horrible to put on!.
I had to wring my socks out, everything was wet. The good part was it wasn’t too cold, it would have been a different outcome in winter 🥶 ☔️⛈️
@@FreewheelingKiwi Do you always camp solo, more peaceful and only yourself to please I expect?.
@@mankyneck while it's lovely to have company, it's also lovely not to have to compromise 😀
In South Africa your tent has a fitted bottom which gives you total, encapsulated shelter.
Hi Anthony, wow South Africa, you’ve a beautiful country. True but with my super lightweight tent it’s not waterproof in those conditions, though I don’t think much would have been in the circumstances 🏕️