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” #32 The Weather Says When (Part One). Mt Barber(1364m). Fiordland National Park. 10.2.2018. When it is all said and done the weather
“On a Mish” #120 Round Two (Part Three). Dore Pass(1390m). Fiordland National Park. 21.1.2018. If you haven’t been there, looking at Fiordland on a map
“On a Mish” #120 Round Two (Part Two). Dore Pass(1390m). Fiordland National Park. 21.1.2018. For many years I sat in the bus heading to the
“On a Mish” #120 Round Two (Part One). Dore Pass(1390m). Fiordland National Park. 21.1.2018. It has been said that Fiordland is a place for the
“On a Mish” #257 New Year Kea. Borland Road. Fiordland. 1.1.2018. For me nothing is better than starting the day in the mountains. Waking up
“On a Mish” #2 One and Done (Part Four). Leaning Peak(1477m). Fiordland National Park. 30.12.2017. The community of humans who happily hike into the untamed
“On a Mish” #2 One and Done (Part Three). Leaning Peak(1477m). Fiordland National Park. 30.12.2017. I once worked as a possum trapper and it was
“On a Mish” #2 One and Done (Part Two). Leaning Peak(1477m). Fiordland National Park. 29.12.2017. My hip and back injury have given me a lot
“On a Mish” #2 One and Done (Part One). Leaning Peak(1477m). Fiordland National Park. 29.12.2017. Some mountains are not only pleasant to look at, but
“On a Mish” #258 Overly Ambitious (Part Two). Hanging Valley Camp – Part Two. Deep Cove. Fiordland. 18.12.2017. Any sort of walking is training, even
“On a Mish” #281 Frozen Feet (Part One). Cameron Valley. Hakatere Conservation Area. 1.5.2014. Not many would go through hell and then return for more.
“On a Mish” #379 The Opposite of Flat (Part One). Rakaia River. Hakatere Conservation Park. 20.6.2023. Whatever the plan was I’m pretty sure it wasn’t
“On a Mish” #287 The Borland Road to Recovery – Part Three. Borland Rock Bivouac. Fiordland National Park. 16.6.2021. We are very lucky to be
“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” #173 The Perfect Getaway (Part One). Oreti Plateau Camp. Eyre Mountains Conservation Area. 22.9.2018. Sometimes you just need a little getaway to
“On a Mish” #57 A Close Call (Part One). Mt Philistine Bluffs. Upper Otira Valley. Arthurs Pass National Park. 28.5.2015. A fact that most try
