Hoping to make the most of the day light, we were up early and on the road before 8. However, we were stopped in our tracks half way between Murchison and Reefton when my car – Sylvia – decided she had had enough. What started out as the windscreen not defogging quickly turned into the realization the car was overheating. We found a hole in the coolant tube and without a new tube or coolant we were stuck. Luckily for us a dairy farmer – Luke – picked us up and let us use his landline to call the AA. After a cup of tea and short stint waiting with the cows we were in a tow truck with Sylvia safely strapped to the back. We are heading to a crag out behind Kumara Junction, up Mt Turiwhate. It was developed by Te Tai Poutini quite recently and features rock that migrated up from the Darrens. It is alpine-style climbing with Polytech-approved bolting. After a quick pit stop in Murchison to swap into Felix's car and get breakfast from Lee at Tu...