Category: Short Films Big Adventures
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Ski Touring Glenmore Station
Tucked away in New Zealand’s South Island, Glenmore Station lies between the Aoraki Mt Cook and the crystal waters of Lake Tekapo. In winter, the Cass Valley becomes a pristine, snow-covered playground, offering ski touring routes that combine adventure, challenge, and breathtaking scenery. For over a century, Glenmore Station has been in the care of…
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Lost in the Arrowsmith’s: South Canterbury Adventure
It’s Sunday afternoon, I’m halfway down a remote south Canterbury valley and I can’t find my friends Marta and Paul. I yell at the top of my voice, blow my whistle and scan the rugged river and dense scrub. My heart rate jumps what do I do now? Planning for this trip had been a…
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Matterhorn of the South: Mt Aspiring Tititea🏔️✨
It was 7pm, we were descending from the summit of Mt Aspiring Tititea. The day had been a perfect summit day except for the moments where I was scared 😱 I don’t go adventuring to get scared, I love the challenge of rough wild terrain, long days, uncertain weather and exploring new backcountry. The fear…
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Craigieburn Round: Fast-Packing
A few times a year, I go on an adventure.Marta was keen to have a go at the Craigieburn round, Canterbury Big Sunday Runs equivalent to Wellingtons Tararua S-K.I was keen to go on a remote adventure after the crowds of Everest Base CampWe were all looking forward to a few solid days in the…
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Everest Base Camp
Team poem, lead by Bill To Everest Base Camp, or not to Everest Base Camp,that is the question, whether ’tis nobler.. ..for the beauty of the earth, and people is infinite, so we will remember the cave of Gorakshep,the sights of Base Camp replenishing our soulsBut the memories of shared meals,steps together, and smiles on…
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Ski Touring the Mountain Turks: Mahu Whenua Traverse
A few years ago I got a message from my mother in law telling me about the Mahu Whenua Traverse – Mountain Turk Club Erik Bradshaw created a club to build mountain huts out of water tanks opening up a world-class alpine traverse along the backbone of the Harris mountains that connect Wanaka and Queenstown.…
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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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The Dragons Teeth High Route – Kahurangi
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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Haast Pass to the Wilken
Arriving on the tops above Haast Pass we had our first view of the spectacular main divide we would traverse. It was more dramatic than I had imagined. 3 months and many hours of planning had come together, an excellent forecast gave us a chance to follow our A plan. The A plan was inspired…
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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.…