
A Battle with the Elements (Part One) – Pinnacles Hut
“On a Mish” #148 A Battle with the Elements (Part One). Pinnacles Hut (Mt Somers Track). Hakatere Conservation Park. 17.9.2010. Good clothing will often be
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“On a Mish” #148 A Battle with the Elements (Part One). Pinnacles Hut (Mt Somers Track). Hakatere Conservation Park. 17.9.2010. Good clothing will often be

“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

“On a Mish” #355 Ice Crystals on Crichton. Mt Crichton Loop Track. Lake Wakatipu. 28.6.2010. When visiting Tahuna / Queenstown it is important to pack

“On a Mish” #38 Where is My Head Torch? (Part Three). Black Peak(1989m). Whakaari Conservation Area. 10.5.2010. Sometimes we learn the hard way and in

“On a Mish” #38 Where is My Head Torch? (Part Two) Black Peak(1989m). Whakaari Conservation Area. 10.5.2010. Multi-day mountain climbing adventures usually involve two separate

“On a Mish” #38 Where’s My Head Torch? (Part One). Black Peak(1989m). Whakaari Conservation Area. 8.5.2010. It seems that sometimes no matter how careful we

“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” #319 Stubborn Love (Part Two). Falls Creek. Fiordland National Park. 21.2.2022. New Zealand’s national sport of rugby has produced some very tough

“On a Mish” #77 A Wild Winter Wander (Part One). Mt Guy(1319m). Hakatere Conservation Park. 16.9.2014. Nothing makes you feel alive like facing a southerly

“On a Mish” #327 A Valley too Far Away (Part One). Otira Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 12.5.2022. If you have hiked in Aotearoa enough

“On a Mish” #231 U-Pass & Beyond (Part 4). U-Pass Basin to Milford Road. Fiordland National Park. 28.4.2017. I have always been someone who get

“On a Mish” #328 Borland Peak 1299m. Hunter Mountains. Fiordland National Park. 4.11.2015. Getting out and about is something everyone should do often. A wander