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Hanging Out (Part Three) - Forest Clearing, Mavora Lakes Conservation Area
Sometimes all we need is the peace found in nature and our best bud by our side while we soak it all in. The time I coul...
Hanging Out (Part Two) - Forest Clearing (Near Mavora Lakes)
Clearing my mind by hanging out in a clearing amongst the trees in the Mavora Lakes Area was my simple and yet very plea...
Hanging Out (Part One) - Forest Clearing (Near Mavora Lakes)
It is incredible how beneficial hanging out in nature can be. The change from the normal pressures of society to the cal...
Bob Fortune’s Cove (Part Two) - Bobs Cove, Queenstown
William Rees must have been buzzing when he first saw Lake Wakatipu and the location that would very quickly become ‘A T...
Bob Fortune’s Cove (Part One) - Bobs Cove, Queenstown
Bob Fortune used to ferry people around Lake Wakatipu in the 1800s. He would use a small bay as a safe place to shelter...
A Night Out Under the Stars (Part Two) - Boyd Creek Camp
A night in the wild can be the best medicine around. The peace and relaxation found when camping is truly unique and can...
A Night Out Under the Stars (Part One) - Boyd Creek Camp.
When I was young, I worked out that I enjoy sleeping anywhere other than my bed. From forts to hot-water cylinder cupboa...
Finishing as I Started, Plus One (Part Two) - Rakaia River (Double Hill)
So many of my missions have been by myself, which hasn’t dulled the adventure one bit. However, one thing that has enhan...
Finishing as I Started, Plus One (Part One) - Rakaia River (Double Hill)
The start to 2024 was bittersweet. I had dragged myself and my tent to an epic place like I had done many times during 2...
The Year That Was 2024 - New Zealand & Nepal
The year 2024 didn’t quite go as I thought it would, but over the last couple of years that is something I have gotten u...
Kindness is the Key to Success - Nuwakot, Bagmati District. Nepal.
‘Kindness - the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate’. The Nepali people I have met have been everything...
My Nepali Family (Part Two) - 2024 Ganesh Himal Charity Trek
My writing began as a way to fill in the time of the Covid-19 lockdowns. Then as time rolled on and my hip kept me out o...
My Nepali Family (Part One) - 2024 Ganesh Himal Charity Trek
In 2015 my friend Dan put out a call for help. Nepal had just been hit by a huge earthquake, and many parts of the count...
Lakeside Retreat (Part Three) - North Mavora Lake
Most Kiwis (residents of Aotearoa New Zealand, not the bird!) are fortunate enough to have access to wild places, especi...
Lakeside Retreat (Part Two) - North Mavora Lake
Over my time in the outdoors I have worked with, lived with, and constantly been around the watchful eye of keen conserv...
Lakeside Retreat (Part One) - North Mavora Lake
Te Anau is a place of many dogs with surroundings they are not allowed to visit. Both Fiordland and the Takitimu Range a...
It’s Easier Because It’s Dark (Part Two) - Peak 1170m (Lake Lyndon Area)
Lot of the time when you are climbing a mountain you have your head down and are focused on your feet and each step they...
It’s Easier Because It’s Dark (Part One) - Peak 1170m (Lake Lyndon Area)
The norm for climbing a big peak is to get up around midnight and do a lot up the uphill stuff in the darkness of the ni...
The Little Ledge Above the Lake (Part Three) - Lake Lyndon Area / Craigieburn Forest Park
Camping is a strange pastime. There is something so appealing about what some would find incredibly uncomfortable. Takin...
The Little Ledge Above the Lake (Part Two) - Lake Lyndon Area / Craigieburn Forest Park
I love the way outdoor adventures have so many benefits. Of course, there is the fact that you will see some stunning sc...
The Little Ledge Above the Lake (Part One) - Lake Lyndon Area / Craigieburn Forest Park
Mountaineering is a series of smaller tasks that make up one big achievement. If you solely focused on the summit your b...
A Road to Nowhere (Part Three). Ahuriri Conservation Area to Christchurch
My old Marmot tent which I purchased in 2018 now lives in Nepal for my adventures there with the Active Hearts Foundatio...
A Road to Nowhere (Part Two) - Ahuriri Conservation Area
When on a mish the location is often subject to change. Ask any climber and they will tell you that a big route up a mou...
A Road to Nowhere (Part One) - Lindis Pass Conservation Area / Ahuriri Conservation Area
Curiosity is a driving factor in going into the outdoors. A want, need, must know attitude will take you to some incredi...