{"id":497,"date":"2001-04-23T10:41:20","date_gmt":"2001-04-23T10:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/2001\/04\/23\/liverpool-bivvy\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T19:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:05:13","slug":"liverpool-bivvy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2001\/liverpool-bivvy\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Bivvy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My first major tramping experience. Myself, Andy Helm, Maree Helm and Vanessa Green headed up the Matukituki valley towards Mt Aspring, then detoured up a ridiculously steep incline. The map showed that we were only travelling 200 m from the bottom to the top of the incline, however that was only the horisontal distance, the contour lines showed that it was an 800 m vertical climb to the top! This was before I started playing any sport whatsoever, so my fitness was almost zero. But I made it to the top where there was a spectacular view up the Matukituki valley towards Mt Aspring.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy18.jpg\" title=\"Start of the trip\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy18.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Start of the trip\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy16.jpg\" title=\"A bit further\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy16.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"A bit further\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy17.jpg\" title=\"Dip in the water\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy17.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Dip in the water\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy2.jpg\" title=\"Getting near the bottom of the hill\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy2.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Getting near the bottom of the hill\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy1.jpg\" title=\"Beautiful river\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy1.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Beautiful river\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy6.jpg\" title=\"Bottom of the hill\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy6.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Bottom of the hill\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy4.jpg\" title=\"Liverpool Bivvy hut\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy4.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool Bivvy hut\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy14.jpg\" title=\"Liverpool Bivvy hut from afar\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2007\/11\/liverpoolbivvy14.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool Bivvy hut from afar\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first major tramping experience. Myself, Andy Helm, Maree Helm and Vanessa Green headed up the Matukituki valley towards Mt Aspring, then detoured up a ridiculously steep incline. 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