The hut baggers who conquered the Tararua Range in 12 months, despite a Covid lockdown
Supplied Accessing the remote Carkeek Hut is described as the equivalent of going to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up, twice. As she does when her spirits need lifting, Mina sang. Sometimes it’s Madonna, sometimes The Bangles. Usually, the rule is she can only sing when running. Crawling and sliding through the Tararuas’ punishingly impenetrable bush, concessions were made. “When I’m at my worst, James knows I’ll crank out Meatloaf,” Mina says. “That’s her low point, and that becomes, obviously, my low point,” James laughs. He made the call – damn the hut, th...
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