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Woolshed Creek Hut (Winter) - Part Two
I always feel the added difficulty of snow when hiking is rewarded with the views. Thrashing your way through deep drift...
Woolshed Creek Hut (Winter) - Part One
To step into a world covered in snow is one of many steps during a real winter adventure. Walking in a winter wonderland...
Snow Business (Part Three) - Mt Somers Track (Pinnacles Hut Track to Staveley Carpark)
While the added difficulty of snow might deter most, I find it worth the effort to get the shot. The sights and sounds o...
Snow Business (Part Two) - Mt Somers Track (Track to Pinnacles Hut)
Sometimes things don’t go exactly to plan when going on adventures in the mountains, and that’s ok if everybody stays in...
Snow Business (Part One) - Lake Heron Basin
Snow is a burden or a pleasure depending on who you ask. Something that can stop a working city, can also start business...
The Benefits of a Local Guide (Part Two) - Yatsugatake Mountains
I have been extremely lucky on my overseas adventures to have knowledgeable guides leading the way. In Nepal I have had...
The Benefits of a Local Guide (Part One) - Yatsugatake Mountains
There are two groups of islands, one in the Northern Hemisphere and the other in the south, that are not only similar in...
A Kiwi Takes Flight (Part Two) - Mt Hotakadake(3190m)
To travel somewhere to go on an adventure is always an incredible experience, and if the weather is on your side then yo...
A Kiwi Takes Flight(Part 1) - Mt Hotakadake(3190m)
This mission started with a 9346km journey from New Zealand to Tokyo,Japan. After arriving in the biggest city I had eve...
The Broken Road to Nowhere - Ball Hut
Reading about the history of the Aoraki / Mt Cook area and seeing pictures from the past has shown me how much it has ch...
The Tin Tent for Two - Lagoon Saddle Hut
The Alpine Highway through the mountains from Christchurch to Arthurs Pass Village is littered with heaps of excellent h...
Come See the Fiordland Rain (Part Four). The Milford Track 2013
Early-ish the next day we were off into the chill of a fresh new day, and along with yet another day of clear skies and...
Come See the Fiordland Rain (Part Three) - The Milford Track 2013
Fiordland bathed in sunshine is what most see when dreaming, or viewing pictures advertising the unique area in the sout...
Come See the Fiordland Rain (Part Two) - The Milford Track 2013
The physical benefits of hiking are an added bonus to what is already an awesome activity, but sometimes the weather can...
Come See the Fiordland Rain (Part One) - The Milford Track 2013
I have always had difficulty doing any justice to describing Fiordland rain. It really is something you have to experien...
Lost in Her Majesty's Mist (Part Two) - The Queens Drive
From a young age I became fascinated by the fruition of a forecast. The weather is something you can't avoid so you migh...
Lost in Her Majesty's Mist - The Queens Drive (Part One)
The view of the Remarkables from Queenstown is one of the most famous mountainscapes in Aotearoa / New Zealand. Dark gre...
No Hut Creek (Part Three) - Hut Creek Camp
There are places in New Zealand that have had huts built there and the people of the world have come in their masses. We...
No Hut Creek (Part Two) - Hut Creek Camp
I like the fact that some of our places in the wild have reverted back to their te reo maori names. We have so many plac...
No Hut Creek (Part One) - Hut Creek Camp
There are no easy ways to get into the steep sided valleys of the Earl Mountains in Fiordland, but of the few tracks tha...
Sandflies & Whiskey - Lennox Falls Camp
Along with the outstanding working environment, another reason I really enjoy guiding is the interaction with the people...
Working on the Milford track
“Working in Paradise” The Milford Track. Fiordland National Park. 2012-2013. After a few false starts I finally got a ch...
Working at Lake MacKenzie Lodge
“Working in Paradise” Winter 2012. Lake MacKenzie Lodge. Fiordland National Park. After the 2011/2012 Guiding Season on...
Loose Rocks to the Top - Peak 1916m (Wye Creek)
It is hard to fault the incredible scenery around Queenstown. From the turquoise waters of the very deep Lake Wakatipu,...