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Sat Jan 12 day 0 - travel to Fox Glacier

Wellington to Fox Glacier

Group Photo at Fox Glacier holiday park

Photo: Brian

Group photo at Fox Glacier holiday park
Photo: Jim

Group photo at Fox Glacier holiday park
Photo: Simon

Fox Glacier
Photo: Simon

Sun Jan 13 day 1 - Jetboat and tramp the lower Paringa

Paringa to Tunnel Creek Hut

At Paringa cafe

Photo: Philip

Ben Monk's jetboat ready at the Paringa
Photo: Jim

Jim with Ben Monk's jetboat
Photo: Simon

First trip heading up the Paringa
Photo: Philip

Brian and Alan waiting at the Paringa
Photo: Philip

Arriving at Stew Creek
Photo: Philip

Alighting from jetboat at Stew Creek
Photo: Simon

Second group arriving at Condon Hut
Photo: Simon

Leaving Condon Hut
Photo: Simon

Brian lunching in the rain
Photo: Philip

Crossing Serpentine Creek
Photo: Jim

Paringa River in flood
Photo: Jim

Mon Jan 14 day 2 - Paringa Rock Biv

Tunnel Creek Hut to Paringa Rock Biv

Paringa at dawn

Photo: Simon

Tunnel Creek Hut - Bruce and Philip
Photo: Simon

Departing Tunnel Creek Hut - Philip Jim Bruce Alan Brian
Photo: Simon

Paringa and Tunnel Creek Hut
Photo: Simon

Patching up Alan
Photo: Jim

Lunch On The Track
Photo: Brian

Alan and Brian at Paringa Rock Biv flat
Photo: Philip

Bruce under The Buttress at Paringa Rock Biv flat
Photo: Simon

Paringa Rock Biv
Photo: Philip

View north from Paringa Rock Biv flat
Photo: Philip

Douglas Spur across clearing
Photo: Brian

Paringa Rock Biv overhang
Photo: Simon

Tue Jan 15 day 3 - Paringa Rock Biv to McCullaugh Creek

Paringa Rock Biv to McCullaugh Creek

View of Paringa Rock Biv rock

Photo: Simon

Mountain Daisy
Photo: Philip

Tarn
Photo: Simon

Back Down Our Route
Photo: Simon

Alphine Shrubs
Photo: Philip

Bruce on his way
Photo: Simon

On The Final Approach To The Saddle
Photo: Simon

Ascending Slopes To The Saddle
Photo: Simon

Alan and Mc Cullaugh Creek
Photo: Brian

Looking North Along The Saddle
Photo: Simon

Bruce on deer trail
Photo: Simon

From Mc Cullaugh saddle
Photo: Jim

Wed Jan 16 day 4 - McCullaugh Creek to Murdock Creek

McCullaugh Creek to Murdock Creek

Heading away from Mc Cullaugh Creek

Photo: Simon

Daisies above Mc Cullaugh Creek
Photo: Philip

Large Speargrass
Photo: Simon

First view of the Clarke and Solution range
Photo: Simon

Daisies and view back to Mc Cullaugh Creek
Photo: Philip

Alan, Bruce, and Brian with main range behind
Photo: Philip

Lunch In The Shade
Photo: Philip

In The Scrub On The Sidle
Photo: Simon

Brian and view of falls in Murdock Creek
Photo: Philip

Simon and waterfall in Murdock Creek
Photo: Brian

Murdock Tarn
Photo: Simon

Murdock Tarns
Photo: Jim

Thu Jan 17 day 5 - Murdock Creek to Marks Flat

Murdock Creek to Marks Flat

Breakfast At Camp

Photo: Simon

Breakfast At Camp
Photo: Simon

Morning at Murdock Creek Campsite and Mt Hooker
Photo: Brian

Porridge time for Philip, Simon, and Jim
Photo: Brian

Alan looking into Murdock Creek
Photo: Philip

Our route out of Murdock Creek
Photo: Simon

Looking back to Murdock Creek
Photo: Simon

Lunch and view down the Clarke from ridge
Photo: Brian

View into Marks Flat
Photo: Brian

Philip and Bruce and Marks Flat
Photo: Brian

Simon at bivy
Photo: Brian

Simon in Marks Flat rock biv sleeping area
Photo: Alan

Fri Jan 18 day 6 - Marks Flat to Ōtoko Flat

Marks Flat to Ōtoko Flat

Heading Across The Flats

Photo: Simon

Marks Flat
Photo: Simon

Northerly bluffs at end of old airstrip
Photo: Philip

Marks Flat view towards Saddle Creek
Photo: Philip

Marks Flat from the head
Photo: Simon

Last water stop on Marks Flat
Photo: Philip

Looking back down to Marks Flat
Photo: Simon

Marks flat panorama
Photo: Alan

Party on route across scree
Photo: Philip

Heading Down To Moraine Bench
Photo: Jim

Lower Otoko saddle and lake
Photo: Philip

Travel in the head of the Otoko
Photo: Simon

Sat Jan 19 day 7 - Ōtoko Flat to mid Ōtoko

Ōtoko Flat to mid Ōtoko

Otoko Flat

Photo: Simon

Crossing Otoko Flat
Photo: Simon

Otoko Flat
Photo: Simon

Otoko Flat
Photo: Simon

Bruce on Otoko Flat
Photo: Simon

Otoko Flat from outlet moraine
Photo: Simon

Dropping into the Otoko
Photo: Philip

Progress down Otoko boulders
Photo: Simon

Jim in the Otoko, Brian watching on
Photo: Philip

Jim rounding a boulder
Photo: Philip

The party descending the Otoko
Photo: Philip

The Flooded Side Creek That Stopped Us
Photo: Philip

Sun Jan 20 day 8 - Mid Ōtoko to Stag Flat

Mid Ōtoko to Stag Flat

Otoko view

Photo: Jim

Slopes Across The Valley
Photo: Philip

Tramping in the Otoko
Photo: Simon

Rest stop in the Otoko
Photo: Alan

Lunch Stop
Photo: Jim

Side Creek Stop View
Photo: Philip

Rainy Otoko
Photo: Simon

No Tracks Here
Photo: Philip

Philip clearing thistles from the landing area
Photo: Alan

Down Otoko River from campsite
Photo: Jim

Down Otoko River from campsite
Photo: Jim

Side Bow Of Our Island
Photo: Alan

Mon Jan 21 day 9 - Stag Flat to Fox Glacier

Stag Flat to Fox Glacier

Last Campsite

Photo: Brian

Looking up the Otoko
Photo: Alan

Alan looking up Otoko river
Photo: Brian

Precipitous Valley Walls
Photo: Alan

Brian taking down tent
Photo: Alan

Ready for chopper at Stag Flat campsite
Photo: Jim

Otoko River downstream from campsite
Photo: Philip

Helicopter Arriving
Photo: Jim

Jim, Brian, and Alan boarding helicopter
Photo: Philip

Getting in Helicopter
Photo: Simon

View from Helicopter of campsite
Photo: Jim

Flying down Otoko
Photo: Brian