Category: Epic Adventures
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Traversing The Richmond Range High Ridge From Mt. Riley To Red Hills
On the last morning of our Dragons teeth traverse. Eric our 76 year old hut companion told us stories of visiting all the huts in the Richmond range as we watched the sunrise over Mt Fish tail. We visited my friend Peters new home where he pop on a slide show of his Richmond Alpine…
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Walking The Dragons Teeth High Route – Kahurangi National Park
In this trip, we take you on a hike along the Dragons Teeth High Route in Kahurangi National Park. This is one of the most beautiful hikes in New Zealand, and it offers some amazing views!
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Kaimanawa Kaweka traverse packrafting the Mohaka
The count down was on for our second try at the famed dragons teeth route in Kahurangi-national-park, the covid out break was starting to sweep the country. The forecast was looking good for 3 days but it was going to rain 40mm on Saturday afternoon. We should be past the high route by the time.…
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Arthurs Pass | 3 Passes + Newton Saddle
At the end of our first day I was thinking we were going to have an easier than planned three day adventure in Arthur’s Pass, but by the end of day two I was wrong. Anthony eyed the steep snow covered scree slope from Park Morpeth hut, it looked very intimidating. We had a perfect…
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5 Passes Route Mount Aspiring National Park
This trip had been on my list for a few years. I had been on the Routeburn a few times recently and did a Rees Dart family tramp as a teenager. I had met a few folks who had done the route, all raved about the amazing country. After reading Geoff Spearpoints “The Great Unknown”…
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Nelson Lakes, 5 passes D’Urville to St Arnaud
After finishing our Travers Sabine circuit we started planning our next visit to Nelson Lakes. There was talk of St Arnaud to Lewis Pass, after a few conversations and some map study that route seemed an under utilisation of the beautiful alpine country on offer. I plotted a route from D’Urville hut up the valley…
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SK Main Range 2019 report
Dear Swallow, on your commemorative weekend I finally completed a Main Range SK on my third attempt. A huge thank you for all your inspiration and guidance. It was four years ago that I first heard about SK from yours and others reports. I was captivated by the intense adventurous spirit. At the first SK…
