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” #99 A Freezing Fool (Part Three). Cameron Hut. Hakatere Conservation Area. 5.9.2013. Hiking, climbing, and exploring puts me into a mediative like
“On a Mish” #99 A Freezing Fool (Part Two). Cameron Hut. Hakatere Conservation Area. 4.9.2013. Most pastimes are less committing than going on a good
“On a Mish” #99 A Freezing Fool (Part One). Cameron Hut. Hakatere Conservation Area. 4.9.2013. Many times on my missions I have leant outdoor lessons
“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” #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” #61 A Winter Wonderland (Part Two). Woolshed Creek Hut (winter). Hakatere Conservation Park. 11.7.2013. I always feel the added difficulty of snow
“On a Mish” #286 The Roar of Winter (Part Two). Gertrude Valley (Gertrude Saddle Track). Fiordland National Park. 5.10.2019. Wild, cold and brutal, winter is
“On a Mish” #377 Little Lyndon Hill (Part Two). Korowai / Torlesse Tussocklands Park. 13.6.2023. Hurting my hip might have changed my life in a
“On a Mish” #142 Red Skies Above (Part One). Takitimu Tops Camp. Takitimu Conservation Area. 17.3.2018. Late start. Less than favourable weather forecast. Camping on
“On a Mish” #116 Surrounded and Outnumbered – Part One. Lake Manapouri to Percy Saddle. Fiordland National Park. 20.7.2019. For humans the alpine area is
“On a Mish” #313 Less Effort Just as Epic (Part Three). Upper Cleddau Valley. Fiordland National Park. 15.12.2021. Unfortunately, many people around the world will
“On a Mish” #393 Making the Most of a Disaster (Part Two). Hollyford Valley. Fiordland National Park. 26.2.2024. Not much matches the scale of wildness
