January 19, 2010
After 10 days of van life I spent the night of the 10th of January a bit nervously. Would the feet be healed enough – would they pack up again – was the terrain as difficult etc. Boyle Village in Lewis Pass greeted us with mist, heavy rain and single digit temperatures – more of [...]
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January 7, 2010
December 30 and we had ascended and descended some very steep faces to exit at Forest Stream (in the North Island it would clearly be known as a river; 500m wide and braided). We then had to follow the stream for about 6km to reach Cynthia and Bill with the pick-up vehicles which had come [...]
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December 23, 2009
We were glad to dry out and sort gear at the Mossburn camp ground then it was on to the Mavora Lakes by bike. It could have been a nothing day – 40kms of road, but it wasn’t – Instead it was a break-through day where a sense of team began to shine through. On [...]
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December 14, 2009
A new leg began last night, with a new bunch of keen students ready to kick off from Waipu, we were joined by Raksha, Jae, Sing, Dunya, Anita and a new leader Liss. Hosting us last night were Stu and Mary who run a dairy farm just out of Waipu township. We pitched right on [...]
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December 9, 2009
Cynth and I camped in a field by a gentle stream at the entrance to Mt Linton while we waited for the first lot of students to arrive. At 5.30pm on the December 6, they arrived in Bill Roxburgh’s van – five graduates of Project K Waitakere; Amelia, Mason, Jamie, Jake and Mathew, together with [...]
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December 9, 2009
If the kids thought they were in for an easy ambling bike ride they sure got a shock on the first hill. It was almost perpendicular to the sky! The kids rode about 14km of which I would say was about 80% up hill and the downhill bits were a bit wobbly and [...]
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December 9, 2009
Well you might not know, but there are two Cynthias acting as support crew on The Big Walk – Cynthia in the North Island and me in the South Island. Thought it was time that I put some words together about our journey!
The South Island has put on a feast of weather for us these [...]
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December 7, 2009
‘I’m f…..ed Graeme, I am really in the sh…. I’m stuck on a hill with a cliff in front of me! Call me when you can. Keep walking.’ This was the message that Cynth left on my cell phone at 1.34pm but which I didn’t get because there was no coverage. The day had [...]
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Always good to hear how things are going, Come on Heidi/Neil, who burnt the pizza, don't put that in the ...