Spine of the Fish Day 24: a day in the mist
'move along you two, there's nothing to see here...'
'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.
A day of tarseal, birdsong and a random act of kindness.
Nick Plimmer reports on a mis-adventure that occured on Zit Saddle between the Toaroha and Kokatahi valleys. The two trampers survived, but there was much to be learnt from their experience.
Some people choose to live on the fringes of society, some are driven to the edges. Gerard Hindmarsh's 'Outsiders' tells an eclectic mix of their stories.
In 1934 two Canterbury University Tramping Club members were the subjects of an intense search. Shaun Barnett abridged their story using Papers Past (www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz).
The end of the Tararua Range would be in sight - if the rain would just go away.