sifter wrote:

Conners wrote:Interesting that Koru and Aratihi are fairly similar in gradient...

deceptive... From memory Koru's about a 3 degree average, while Aratihi's more like 6 or 7?

Hey - what's double between friends?

How did you make that graph? A gps?

Conners wrote:

sifter wrote:

Conners wrote:Interesting that Koru and Aratihi are fairly similar in gradient...

deceptive... From memory Koru's about a 3 degree average, while Aratihi's more like 6 or 7?

Hey - what's double between friends?

You would say that with a tagline like your's, or the other fellow's.

sifter wrote:

Conners wrote:Interesting that Koru and Aratihi are fairly similar in gradient...

deceptive... From memory Koru's about a 3 degree average, while Aratihi's more like 6 or 7?

The first 0.5km of Aratihi has a gradient of around 9% while the rest averages 6% - for an overall average of 7%.

Koru is a bit up and down, with an overall average of just over 3%. The middle bit, where the slope is more-or-less constantly up, has an average gradient of about 5% - almost as steep as much of Aratihi and about the same length.

bakedog wrote::baaa:

How did you make that graph? A gps?

Yep, plus Excel.

Anybody know the average time of this 11 and a bit K route?

Anywhere between 35 minutes and 1 hour 35 minutes.

Going along with the wife, first time she'll be doing SWIGG, Starfish so should be interesting

sounds like a sweet event! does the course get marked out or do you need to know the route from memory as am new to the area?!

Course wont be marked but it is easy to follow, I will have people at the major intersections so you dont get lost, and queries just ask. Also have a look a page back iodi posted a link that has a map of the course

VERT wrote:Course wont be marked but it is easy to follow, I will have people at the major intersections so you dont get lost, and queries just ask. Also have a look a page back iodi posted a link that has a map of the course

That would be here.

DrewBroadley wrote:Going along with the wife, first time she'll be doing SWIGG, Starfish so should be interesting

but she has done Ridgeline

ryda wrote:

DrewBroadley wrote:Going along with the wife, first time she'll be doing SWIGG, Starfish so should be interesting

but she has done Ridgeline

No I was hoping there was going to be an "opt out" section, for people who are looking white and pale when thinking about doing Ridgeline and they could take the 4X4 track down to Ridgeline Ext.

DrewBroadley wrote:

ryda wrote:

DrewBroadley wrote:Going along with the wife, first time she'll be doing SWIGG, Starfish so should be interesting

but she has done Ridgeline

No I was hoping there was going to be an "opt out" section, for people who are looking white and pale when thinking about doing Ridgeline and they could take the 4X4 track down to Ridgeline Ext.

you will have to check with vert but I don't think going down snake chamer has ever been consided part of the Grandloop and this is the grand loop challenge