
The Benefits of a Local Guide (Part One) – Yatsugatake Mountains
“On a Mish” #198 The Benefits of a Local Guide (Part One). Yatsugatake Mountains. Yatsugatake Cushin Kogen Quasi National Park. Japan. 8.6.2013. There are two
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” #198 The Benefits of a Local Guide (Part One). Yatsugatake Mountains. Yatsugatake Cushin Kogen Quasi National Park. Japan. 8.6.2013. There are two

“On a Mish” #181 So Close, And Yet So Far (Part Two). Ben Lomond(1748m). Queenstown District. 25.11.2011. I have climbed above the Milford Road and

“On a Mish” #243 A Wet Night at Homer Hut (Part Three). Upper Hollyford / Gertrude Valley. Fiordland National Park. 21.12.2015. The rain falling in

“On a Mish” #128 Savaged by Sandflies (Part One). Borland Rock Bivouac. Fiordland National Park. 14.11.2013. I always have to remind myself that Te Namu(Sandflies)

“On a Mish” #238 Fresh Start (Part One). Holts/Rolleston Camp. Arthurs Pass National Park. 31.12.2020. It is amazing how once emerged in the excellence of

“On a Mish’ #363 Ernie and the Ocean. Te Wharau / Charteris Bay. Horomaka / Banks Peninsula. 20.1.2023. Most don’t remember their very early childhood.

“On a Mish” #45 See Ya Later Sleeping Mat – Part Two. Mt Burns Upper Basin. Fiordland National Park. 23.10.2018. Nothing makes you feel more