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Thanks for the advice here especially from Mike and Eagle with the local knowledge. Although we got rain if was not heavy by West Coast standards and we had a nice warm hut to stay in. On our last night we stayed in a whitebaiters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitebait) hut and it sleeted pretty heavily that night. That would have been interesting in a bivvy bag out in the open. While we were back in Queenstown there was something on the news about a couple of hunters near the Dusky Track who pressed the button because one of them was suffering hypothermia and was non responsive in the morning. He was choppered out apparently and the other guy walked out with the gear. So I do know that it can get bad. Apparently buying and taking the beacon was a last minute decision!!

Nitrox - probably tramping and hunting and also in different climates and sometimes on my own. So anything from warm dry nights to cold and wet. I was just trying to get the carry weight down if I could. We were at about 16kg with 5 days food however no tent or mattress so that would add 2-3kg which would not have caused any problems. And then gun / ammo on top if it had been a hunting trip.

I figure I probably need a range of gear here depending on the circumstances.

Rick

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