Six of us headed up the Matukituki Valley about 2pm one fine day at the start of January (me, Jeremy, Guy, Terra, Alyn, Sophie), made our way up to Aspiring Hut with ridiculously heavy 10 day packs and decided to keep going up to Cascade Saddle. Oddly enough the steep slopes were kinder on the feet and back than the flats (me and Jeremy had rigid ...