A Monday afternoon in the rain at Rasberry Flat.  Quentin, Emma and I met Eric and Graham and sorted our gear.  Emma was a late addition to the team so we threw in a bivy bag and tents for 4. The Matukituki was a usual slog up a cow valley, and at Pearl flat we headed up to Liverpool biv which was a nice quick climb with heavy ...

Hey,   well I guess I can't miss that - so to the south after Ollies 21st!!! :)

TWALK is coming! TWALK stands for Twenty-four hour Walk, and is an event similar to a rogaine. It involves large amounts of map-reading, eating, partying and dashing around hills in the middle of the night. It is a team event for the completely social to the ultra competitive. Run by the Canterbury University Tramping Club, TWALK is one of New ...

Have you been thinking of doing a PADI open water SCUBA course? Great -I need you! It lets you SCUBA dive in open water down to 18m - great for holidays to tropical places, or exploring Wellington's south coast. I am trying to organise a private course with New Zealand Sea Adventures www.scubadiving.co.nz/ so that I can fit it in before I leave ...

Make You Think Climbing Mt. Lloyd & Mt. Cran Jan. 2008   After waiting for nearly a day for the rain to clear, Jeremy and I finally set off up Freds Creek with ropes, slings, a full rack, ice axes, crampons, 6 days worth of food, a Microlight tent fly, half a toothbrush and a spoon. An hour later darkness fell, so we pitched the fly ...

Hey hey, just to let you all know that your president and co are not MIA but are in fact still bumming round the south island having adventures in the mountains! So far we (including at various stages Terra, Sophie, Jeremy, Alyn, Guy, Annabel, Ben, Andrea, Olly) have succeeded in not getting to the Olivine Ice Plateau, hitching round the ...

Is anyone interested in doing the peak to powderkeg race? Basically is a race from top of Turoa to the powderhorn in Ohakune. It involves skiing, running, biking and beer sculling so sounds like it would be pretty good fun! Anywho's it's on the 13th of oct. Let me know if you are keen. It costs $50 but you get a half price lift ticket if you don't ...