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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!!

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I think you are answering some of your own questions re bivvi bags for West Coast/ Fjordland etc.

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John aka NitroX

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