Area: Makarora / Brewster Biv

The plan was simple. If the weather forecast was good, we'd go up to Brewster Biv and Mt Armstrong. If not, we'd go somewhere else.

The forecast was great.

Woke up at Fantail Falls to a bit of drizzly cloud. Just morning stuff ‑ it'll burn off, or we'll climb out of it. 

Bushline, and we're inside a cloud. Visibility 50m. It'll lift. We'll probably pop out of it at the hut. It's better this way ‑ not too hot while we're carting packs. 

Arrive at the hut and we're still inside the cloud. There's no track beyond the hut and while going up may have been possible, an accurate descent would have been tricky. Hang around and try tomorrow? It would be a long wait. So we went home. 

Got under the cloud at bushline. 

Took a wee walk up the Blue to fill in the afternoon and then hit the road. 

We came. 

We didn't see. 

We didn't conquer. 

We'll be back.

David Barnes for Brian Anderson.

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