
Back to Borland – Part Three
“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part Three. Fiordland National Park. 20.4.2021. There is something very special about being high in the mountains
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“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part Three. Fiordland National Park. 20.4.2021. There is something very special about being high in the mountains

“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part Two. Fiordland National Park. 20.4.2021. Twenty metres of very easy walking had taken me from my

“On a Mish” #272 Back to Borland – Part One. Fiordland National Park. 19.4.2021. A lot of time had passed since my last adventure in

“On a Mish” #269 Back in the Game (Part Three). Lake Marian. Fiordland National Park. 14.4.2021. It is amazing where determination / stubbornness can get

“On a Mish” #269 Back in the Game (Part Two). Lake Marian Track. Fiordland National Park. 14.4.2021. Taking steps into the Darran Mountains alone is

“On a Mish” #269 Back in the Game (Part One). Eglington Valley & Hollyford Valley. Fiordland National Park. 14.4.2021. It had been a long time

“On a Mish” #247 Serpentine Creek Saddle – Part Two. Cimera Range. 5.2.2021. It is so easy to give in to an injury and let

“On a Mish” #247 Serpentine Creek Saddle – Part One. Cimera Range. 4.2.2021. Frustration is a ready mind but broken body. Adjusting to my situation

“On a Mish” #245 A Brief Encounter Like Able Tasman. Anapai Campsite. Abel Tasman National Park. 19.1.2021. Abel Janszoon Tasman briefly visited Aotearoa in 1642,

“On a Mish” #245 The Edge of the Earth. Wharariki Beach. Cape Farewell. 18.1.2021. At the top of Te Waipounamu at the northwest tip of

“On a Mish” #215 The Mailman’s Way (Part Two). Homer Saddle(1375m). Fiordland National Park. 2.2.2011. When sending an email just remember that communication used to

“On a Mish” #221 Pain for Pleasure (Part Two). Island Saddle / Molesworth Station. 20.11.2020. I am happy that I was ‘saved’ by adventures into

“On a Mish” #219 While the World Fell Apart (Part One). Queenstown / Te Anau. Aotearoa. 20.3.2020. I was surprised to learn that Aotearoa had

“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” #247 Serpentine Creek Saddle – Part Three. Cimera Range. 5.2.2021. When “On a Mish” you sometimes have to keep telling yourself that

“On a Mish” #259 First Dose of Doubtful – Part One. Patea / Doubtful Sound. Fiordland. 4.11.2017. Having done a little bit of adventuring around