If i could work out how to put these pics upright then i would. But i can't. Please adjust head accordingly. These are all from the Greenstone-Caples track. Chronologically, Vicki walking up the Caples river came first. The following day, we set off for a longish climb, interrupted by Matt being in the river, en route up to the McKeller saddle on day two of the tramp. It rained and rained all day and spoilt the views from the top. Wading through rivers is an essential part it seems of Kiwi tramping. All of the tramps we have done have involved much boot soaking. in fact, it appears that no tramp can be so called unless one is knee deep fairly often. At the end of that day we had made our way to the Howden Hut for the night, which is actually on the Routeburn Track (the tramping season had not yet started so in fact this was not operating as a Great Walk Hut at this time. We were the only one's there and it was bloody freezing). In an effort to get warm an dry some wood chopping was the order of the day. Sadly, chopping wood does not dry it out. Walking on down the Greenstone River involves crossing a number of wire bridges, and Matt can be seen on this particular one.