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” #29 Mountain Goats & Glissading (Part Two). Mt Bealey(1836m). Arthurs Pass National Park. 1.10.2014. Many times, I have watched the goats that
“On a Mish” #29 Mountain Goats & Glissading (Part One). Mt Bealey(1836m). Arthurs Pass National Park. 1.10.2014. When you do something often, sometimes you can
“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part Three). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. Summits give
“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part Two). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. Attaching twelve
“On a Mish” #4 Crampons Crunching (Part One). Mt Cassidy(1850m). Ka Tiritiri O Te Moana / Main Divide. Arthurs Pass National Park. 30.9.2014. If you
“On a Mish” #123 Up, Down, Done – Part Two. Potts Range Peak(1948m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 23.9.2014. To many the thought of clambering up a
“On a Mish” #123 Up, Down, Done – Part One. Potts Range Peak(1948m). Hakatere Conservation Area. 23.9.2014. It was love at first sight when my
“On a Mish” #77 A Wild Winter Wander (Part Two). Mt Guy(1319m). Hakatere Conservation Park. 16.9.2014. The blast of a blizzard on your face is
“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” #398 Joseph’s Peninsula. Tarawera Mt Sinclair(841m). Banks Peninsula. Canterbury. 10.9.2014. The adventures of Captain James Cook prove that, once you get adventure
“On a Mish” #130 The Most Dangerous Airport in the World – Adventures in Nepal (Part Ten). Lukla to Kathmandu. Sulokhumbu. 4.11.2015. Many people around
“On a Mish” #35 Learning the Ropes (Part Two). Aoraki / Mt Cook Winter Travel Training. Aoraki / Mt Cook National Park.16.7.2011. A long time
“Working in Paradise” 2014-2015 . Heli-Hike Guiding. Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park. After a chance encounter during a guided ski trip on the Tasman Glacier, I
“On a Mish” #352 Grandeur on Steroids (Part One). Mid Rakaia River. Canterbury. Aotearoa. 7.10.2022. Nature offers the brain a reassuring calm like no other.
“On a Mish” #97 My Hip and the Havelock Valley (Part Three). Havelock Valley. Hakatere Conservation Park.19.5.2020. Having something taken away is a good way
“On a Mish” #342 Wettest July Ever – Part Two. Lake Mosley. Tai Tapu. Otautahi / Christchurch. July 2022. Rain gives us life, and rain
