January 21, 2010
An epic leg had taken place in the wilds of the Whanganui river!
We were joined a week ago by Phillip, Craydon, Matt and Scott, who have taken up the challenge from the sunny Hawkes Bay to head down the Whanganui river. We met up with the crew at DaKune lodge in Ohakune, gear was issued [...]
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December 31, 2009
The sun peeked through the pohutakawa trees onto our tents, and NZ1 (at least that was my guess) made its approach to landing from the South East after its 11 hour flight from LAX. I rolled over in my tent and saw that it was 0550hrs. In less than ten minutes Liss would introduce the [...]
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December 29, 2009
Just before Christmas The Big Walk’s North Island contingent strode into Auckland and what better way to celebrate their arrival … than a bit more walking!!!
We figured the best way to mark the milestone of reaching the city of volcanoes was to scale one of them! But which one? There are 48(ish) to choose from [...]
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December 24, 2009
Alone again. The plan was to pedal 15 kilometres to Mt Creighton Station then go over the top to Queenstown. I was feeling lethargic when I started but soon got into the rhythm and found myself going like a looney. I expected Mt. Creighton to be signposted but it wasn’t and I pedalled on along [...]
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Hey, Great to hear from leg 12. Sounds like so much fun. Keep the fun and spirits high. ...