tahr and chamois quest 2013

[Whip]

This has to be the most difficult looking hunt I have ever heard of!  Most guys would be crying for their Mommies by the end of day one!

I'm still following this one closely and hoping you make it to the top  

[shankspony]

Mentally draining, and physically exhausting. Its a tough bash and saps the will.

[Killdeer]

And I thought laurel and rhododendron were bad!
Four days of this?
Four hours has me making up new words for sailors to curse with!

But the thought of seeing those wonderful wild prehistoric tahr, like a living cave painting... I completely understand.

Musk oxen. Ibex. Wildebeest. Tahr. They connect in the ancient recesses of our spirits through ancestral memory. What a grand mystery!
Killdeer

[Hopewell Tom]

5 pages and 4 days and no bows even strung yet.
That's commitment.

[Gerry]

Wow that is impressive.  Great photos, what a place, thanks for sharing.

[Doc Nock]

I need several Alleve just reading this!   :eek:    

[Killdeer]

Heck, Dave, you hurt yourself just sitting down!

Killdeer  

[Cyclic-Rivers]

[Doc Nock]

Now, Killy, that ain't fair!

Standing UP after I sit down, maybe!  

[TxAg]

Enjoying it

[South MS Bowhunter]

Killdeer, nice to read you again! You alway have a way with words

[Marksman Quivers]

After 3 hours of hands and knees work by chance we popped out of a hole onto a hill of rock with a little bit of grass
(not big enough for a tent or at the right angle for one either unfortunately)
but never the less it got us out of the bush and afforded us a look at the sky that we hadn't seen for 7-8 hours.

It also gave us chance to try and access where we were and where we needed to be. But all that would have to wait as it was getting on in the day and we needed to find a camp spot, it took us a while but behind our hillock slightly in the bush we found it and after a little clearing we made another top camp.


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The lay down test for size met with a "thumbs up"

 
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View from the hillock.

 
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Getting closer..........

[Whip]

We're getting close now  

[suttoman]

Holy Doolie lads - talk about dragging out the show.  You are killing us!

Sutto

[slivrslingr]

Those thar and chamois are dying of old age waiting for you two to get up the hill!        :D    

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Cant wait for the rest.

     

[Old Chief]

So far this has been, Outstanding!

[ozy clint]

you certainly have a way with words killy.

sorry for my lack of input so far. a snail is faster than my internet at the moment.

the sight of the tops gives me all the get go i need. tommorrow we make it there....just.

tommorrow we make our 1st tent camp of the trip above the bushline and in typical NZ backcountry fashion the comfort level was somewhat lacking. our packs and their contents came in handy for filling in the holes between the rocks on the bench that was smaller than the tent.

flat level ground big enough to acommodate the footprint of your tent is real estate that doesn't come onto the market very often up there.

but alas, the hard, rocky, uneven ground to lay on seemed to be softened by a boost of enthusiasm gained from having had a close encounter with a good chamois buck.........

[gringol]

Almost looks like bushwacking through Florida swamp planted on the side of a cliff.  It looks absolutely brutal.  Congrats on sticking with it.

[awbowman]

Keep on living the dream man!!!!

Congrats!