The strange attraction of things that are bad for you is well known.  Alcohol, cigarettes and a NW special on Britney Spears are always going to triumph over spring water, broccoli and the complete works of Chaucer in French.  That is why finding some exercise that is bad for you is quite exciting.  Whether it ...

I have posted some photos from Freshers 2006 with 2007 only a month and a half way.  Here's to plenty more muddy tracks, sunny flats, swimming holes, flappy flys and burnt sausages.

Powell-Jumbo Loop   Joe Prebble (scribe)  Ben Clark, Richard Davies   A fairly light sleep in Powell Hut on Friday night, as a group from the Wainui Christian College shared bad jokes and saliva into the night. Not helped much by their teacher, who took a Ned Flanders approach to discipline, attempting to pull them into ...

Abel Tasman October 2005 - Warning Girly Trip Followsby Annabel Beattie It all began one Monday morning on the Kaitiaki in the middle of Wellington harbour amidst pouring rain. Our dream girly trip - booze, beautiful beaches and no boys - had just begun. Then someone who shall remain nameless realised what that niggly feeling that ...

TEAM SUPREME: MID-WINTER 2005Initial team: Amelia, Hayley and AlyssaFinal team: Anna, Andrew, Amelia, Hayley and AlyssaLevel: EasyDestination: Lake Sumner Forest Park, North Canterbury Well, where to begin…Our mid-winter trip began like any other, we met at the ferry terminal at the designated time, claimed our tickets, checked in our ...

Lastly, after having ploughed up the ground I would now like to take advantage of the occasion and sow the idea of an adventures tramp over the holidays. I could imagine something - or anything really - in the Nelson Lakes NP or the Kahurangi NP etc. May that thought fall on fertile soil. Let me know! Jeroen Sieburgh

Oxymoron tramping – From Switzerland with LoveJeroen SieburghProposal: “An exhausting tramp is the most revitalising form of a vacation.”My definition of a successful holiday is such that, once I have returned to daily life, I feel refreshed and have a huge grin on my face. In this brief essay I shall outline why lying on some ...

Neil Winchcombe Ridge Loop 18-20 November 2005  A while in the planning we set out on a sunny Friday evening after work with a goal: Cone Hut Friday night then Kime or Alpha via Winchombe ridge on Saturday and back out via Bull Mound on Sunday. After a quick stop at a local F & C shop we headed off in Alyn’s car to Walls Whare ...

In general, I consider jet-boats the cockroaches of the New Zealand river-system.   However, after twenty thrilling minutes into the lower branches of the Clark River I wanted to do the rest of the trip by jet-boat.  I almost shed a tear as the jet boat turned for home, dousing us in smoking steam.  Picking up my ...