An accident at the start of 2020 turned out to be a good thing… Thanks to a fridge door I was sidelined for all of 2020 and what seemed like a death sentence turned into NzHikes.co.nz! If I have been forced to sit around, then I’m not going to sit around and do nothing!! One story became 20… 50… and now over 300 tales from the mountains of New Zealand and around the world….
“On a Mish” #384 Chilling Out (Part One). Boyle River. St James Conservation Area. 10.8.2023. For some, cold weather is cruel and crippling. Frigid frost
“On a Mish” #386 There’s a Hole in My Tent (Part Five). Avoca River / Valley. Craigieburn Forest Park. 8.8.2023. Hiking with my best mate
“On a Mish” #386 There’s a Hole in My Tent (Part Four). Avoca River / Valley. Craigieburn Forest Park. 6.8.2023. Pretty much every time I
“On a Mish” #386 There’s a Hole in My Tent (Part Three). Avoca River / Valley. Craigieburn Forest Park. 5.8.2023. A series of circumstances led
“On a Mish” #386 There’s a Hole in My Tent (Part Two). Avoca River / Valley. Craigieburn Forest Park. 4.8.2023. Since 2019 I have spent
“On a Mish” #386 There’s a Hole in My Tent (Part One). Avoca River / Valley. Craigieburn Forest Park. 4.8.2023. A constant companion in most
“On a Mish” #383 Significant Weather Event, Again! Ladbrooks (Christchurch). Selwyn District. Canterbury. 23.7.2023. One thing I really enjoyed about guiding in Fiordland was telling
“On a Mish” #379 The Opposite of Flat (Part Two). Rakaia River. Hakatere Conservation Park. 21.6.2023. Apart from Te Pataka o Rakaihautū / Banks Peninsula
“On a Mish” #379 The Opposite of Flat (Part One). Rakaia River. Hakatere Conservation Park. 20.6.2023. Whatever the plan was I’m pretty sure it wasn’t
“On a Mish” #378 Jimnyfest. Waipara River (State Highway One to Coast). North Canterbury. 18.6.2023. If you are after a new Suzuki Jimny you better
“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part Two). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. Attaching twelve
“A Mish a Day” #223 Bhanjyang Village. Pokhara. Nepal. 13.11.2018. Mr Dan Bus Keys had taken his band of happy international travellers to another epic
“On a Mish” #143 Be Seen, Be Safe (Part Two). Boyd Creek Tops. Snowdon Forest Conservation Area. 18.3.2017. I recently got a new tent which
“On a Mish” #313 Less Effort Just as Epic (Part Four). Upper Cleddau Valley. Fiordland National Park. 16.12.2021. For some reason I always feel the
“On a Mish” #169 Another Great Walk (Part Five). The Kepler Track. Fiordland National Park. 6.5.2010. I once worked on the Humpridge Track which is
“On a Mish” #421 Changing Lives – Mine Most of All. Ganesh Himal Charity Trek (Part Six). Dhaling Besi. 7.11.2024. Final morning this morning and
