Spine of the Fish Day 29: we love the roar!
Fi and Anthony finally admit to themselves that they’ve become hut rats.
Fi and Anthony finally admit to themselves that they’ve become hut rats.
A perfect day for travel dawned so we took the high route.
A desperate situation requires a desperate solution.
'What? Another zero day? You gotta be kidding me!'
We near the end of the Ruahine Range and things get unpleasant.
'move along you two, there's nothing to see here...'
The weather forces another zero day on us. Damn!
Mountain-biking has come a long way since the first edition of Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike rides in 1991.
You never know what is around the corner...or down the hill.
What lessons can be taken away from the 2013 Mt Taranaki tragedy? Nick Plimmer considers the unfortunate events.
Just because it's a short day doesn't mean it's going to be an easy day.
The art of slow walking is harder to master than you’d think...but Fi and Anthony are experts.
We walk our Nemesis...the dreaded Sawtooth.
Make good outdoor decisions. Johnny Mulheron warns of, and describes, heuristic traps.
Mixing work with pleasure on the Ruahine Range.
"I am acutely conscious every time I get in the hills that someone had to fight to save that experience for me."... A 2010 opinion piece from then FMC President Richard Davies.
A 2008 tramping fatality near Liverpool Biv was a tragic reminder of some important lessons for backcountry travel.
Why rush? A quick trip to the next hut was in order after our big tramp the day before.
South Island Weekend Tramps is a great addition to the shelf: for planning or, as Robin McNeill once wrote, to ‘facilitate daydreaming’.
We head back to the bush after quite a long stretch in civilization.
Wellington’s Kaumatua Tramping Club caters for trampers 35yrs and over and is still going strong after 58 years.