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” #75 Not Part of the Day’s Plan. Steep Face Hill(1876m). Hakatere Conservation Park. 3.9.2013. We really are spoiled for choice when it
“On a Mish” #197 Fourteen Months to get to a Hut (Part Two). Boundary Creek Hut / Dogs Hill(1169m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 22.8.2013. Hiking to
“On a Mish” #197 Fourteen Months to get to a Hut (Part One). Boundary Creek Hut / Dogs Hill(1169m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 21.8.2013. During the
“On a Mish” #93 Gales and Gravity. Foggy Peak(1741m). Torlesse/Kowai Forest Conservation Area. 13.8.2013. A big reason I enjoy going into the mountains is to
“On a Mish” #63 Isolation (Part Three). Sudden Valley Bivouac. Sudden Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 1.8.2013. There are a few shows on TV these
“On a Mish” #63 Isolation (Part Two). Sudden Valley Bivouac. Sudden Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 31.7.2013. While some seek the pleasure of company, others
“On a Mish” #63 Isolation (Part One). Sudden Valley Bivouac. Sudden Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 31.7.2013 I find something very inviting about going outdoors
“On a Mish” #49 Back for More Mish – Part Three. Double Hut & Peak 1115m. Hakatere Conservation Park. 17.7.2013. Nothing like waking up wrapped
“On a Mish” #49 Welcome to My World (Part Two). Double Hut & Peak 1115m. Hakatere Conservation Park. 16.7.2013. For all the negative press that
“On a Mish” #49 Welcome to My World (Part One). Double Hut & Peak 1115m. Hakatere Conservation Park. 16.7.2013. A lot of my missions are
“On a Mish” #40 Freedom Found (Part Two). Top Hut / Wild Mans Hill(1856m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 19.5.2016. It is difficult to explain to someone
“On a Mish” #30 Man / Woman Vs Mountains (Part Three). Barrier Peak. Fiordland National Park. 25.5.2019. There have definitely been many occasions when I
“Working in Paradise” 2008-2012. The Greenstone Track. Lake Wakatipu/Greenstone Conservation Area. The Greenstone Valley was my first introduction into the Hiking Guide role, and in
“On a Mish” #7 Borland’s Skyscraper (Part One). Mt Burns(1645m). Fiordland National Park. 20.3.2017. Mount Burns(1645m) towers over the Borland Road like a huge skyscraper
“On a Mish” #289 Snow Makes Everything Better (Part Two). Mid Eglington Valley. Fiordland National Park. 30.6.2021. The inconvenience of the cold is an easy
“On a Mish” #46 Blown Away (Part One). Queenstown to Muddy Creek. Mt Aspiring National Park. 28.1.2012. The few who fight the weather face a
