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” #39 Pretty Sweet Scenery (Part Three) Sugarloaf Pass(1154m). Sugarloaf Pass to Te Awa Whakatipu / Dart River. Mt Aspiring National Park. 12.8.2010.
“On a Mish” #39 Pretty Sweet Scenery (Part Two) Sugarloaf Pass(1154m). Sugarloaf Pass to Te Awa Whakatipu / Dart River. Mt Aspiring National Park. 11.8.2010.
“On a Mish” #39 Pretty Sweet Scenery (Part One). Sugarloaf Pass(1154m). Routeburn Track – Te Awa Whakatipu / Dart River. Mt Aspiring National Park. 10.8.2010.
“On a Mish” #108 Cool Conditions (Part Two). Rees Valley / Earnslaw Hut. Mt Aspiring National Park. 25.7.2010. The magical shapes created by water freezing
“On a Mish” #108 Cool Conditions (Part One). Rees Valley / Earnslaw Hut. Mt Aspiring National Park. 24.7.2010. Many fear the cold and it is
“A Mish a Day” #172 A Wander in Wine Country. Mt Rosa(1322m). Remarkables Conservation Area. 14.7.2010. I am always fascinated by the perfect grape growing
“On a Mish” #171 The Throne Room of the Gods (Part Two). Earnslaw Burn. Mt Aspiring National Park. 11.7.2010. There are some places in Aotearoa
“On a Mish” #171 The Throne Room of the Gods (Part One). Earnslaw Burn. Mt Aspiring National Park. 10.7.2010. It is amazing how the Earnslaw
“On a Mish” #55 Butter Fingers (Part Two). Peak 1488m(Remarkable Range). Remarkables Conservation Area. 7.7.2010. Mountain mishaps are just part of going on a mish.
“On a Mish” #55 Butter Fingers (Part One). Peak 1488m(Remarkable Range). Remarkables Conservation Area. 7.7.2010. Wye Creek is located just south of Queenstown and has
“On a Mish” #304 Follow the Poop (Part Three). Waterloo Peak(1077m). Takitimu Conservation Area. 7.10.2021. It is said that around 80% of mountaineering accidents happen
“A Mish a Day” #160 Kaitorete Spit Camp. Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. 25.7.2018. The 25km barren but beautiful stretch of land that runs from Birdlings Flat
“On a Mish” #362 No Sign of Mankind (Part Two). Double Hill / Rakaia River. 13.1.2023. Before I injured my hip I knew that getting
“On a Mish” #178 The Need to Climb a Mountain (Part One). Lake Hill(762m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 8.8.2020. Having a fridge door fracture your hip,
“On a Mish” #317 Welcome to Borland (Part One). Upper Borland Burn (South Branch). Fiordland National Park. 11.1.2022. Anyone who knows me knows I have
“On a Mish” #225 Mountain Topping and Wood Chopping. Mt Guy(1319m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 23.6.2014. When the glaciers retreated towards the main divide in New
