
Last Light of the Day (Part Two) – Peak 1494m(Ailsa Range)
“On a Mish” #167 Last Light of the Day (Part Two). Peak 1494m(Ailsa Range). Lake Mackenzie Basin. Fiordland National Park. 6.6.2012. We humans are lucky
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“On a Mish” #167 Last Light of the Day (Part Two). Peak 1494m(Ailsa Range). Lake Mackenzie Basin. Fiordland National Park. 6.6.2012. We humans are lucky

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“On a Mish” #117 Another Day in a Snowy Paradise (Part One). Ocean Peak(1848m) from Lake MacKenzie. Fiordland National Park. 12.5.2012. There is something very

“On a Mish” #96 Let’s Go This Way – Part One. Emily Pass(1607m). Lake MacKenzie Basin. Fiordland National Park. 17.4.2012. The brave dare to do

“On a Mish” #46 Blown Away (Part Four). Just below Wright Col to Muddy Creek. Mt Aspiring National Park. 29.1.2012. The wind is a funny

“On a Mish” #46 Blown Away (Part Two). Muddy Creek – Kea Basin. Mt Aspiring National Park. 28.1.2012. When I first started to go on

“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

“On a Mish” #11 Summer Snow (Part Three). East Face of Ocean Peak. Mt Aspiring National Park. 16.1.2012. Te Waipounamu sits in the line of

“On a Mish” #11 Summer Snow (Part Two). East Face of Ocean Peak. Mt Aspiring National Park. 16.1.2012. There were a few times when guiding

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“On a Mish” #295 Around the Lake. Lake Clearwater. Hakatere Conservation Park. 1.9.2015. I am very lucky that I had the opportunity to work out

“On a Mish” #14 Going Solo (Part One).Mt McPherson(1931m). Fiordland National Park. 15.3.2015. The art of soloing a mountain can be very rewarding, but also

“On a Mish” #221 Pain for Pleasure (Part Three). Island Saddle / Molesworth Station. 21.11.2020. After seeing a movie about one of Shackleton’s epic adventures

“On a Mish” #91 The Forgotten Falls. Wakefield Falls. Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. 3.12.2014. Aoraki Mount Cook National Park is a place of constant change,

“A Mish a Day” #216 Saddle Hill(841m). Te Ara Pataka/Banks Peninsula. 5.4.2014. The undulating remains of the once 1500 meter-plus volcano that stood east of