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Great day on the hill & “FP100”.
After a very slow start, I felt better today and tried to make the most of it, Note to self… I will have to put measures in place to ensure I get to bed at a more reasonable hour, and out of bed in the morning. It just seems…
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Ready but unlikely.
To a certain degree the TA was my job for the last couple of months, So I feel a little out of place now that I have decided to press pause on the TA. I got all my hiking things dry, clean and ready to go today. New hiking…
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Pressing PAUSE.
Back in Christchurch and after some thought, It was no easy decision to make, but I am going to step away from the TA for a little while. There are lots of things to take into consideration, the season, the weather, time of year, eagerness to complete the trail,…
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Deception River to Morrisons Footbridge – Day 49.
Decisions decisions and perhaps a little deception, It was a very cold night, even in the well built, 20 bunk hut I could not get the place to heat up on my own without the facilities to make fire. There was, as expected, rain overnight but it is so…
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Goat Pass Hut – Day 48.
Back in between the rivers, Thanks to a dear friend I was back in Arthur’s Pass this morning just after 10am. The starting point today was where I left off in Dec 2021 and it felt special being back here, continuing on the trail that I started so long…
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Flying at Taylor’s Mistake.
Took a little time “off” to go fly today with a friend, And it was such a nice day at our local, Christchurch, dependable Taylor’s Mistake. Started with calm, cool and smooth conditions and got a little more bumpy and broken up later in the day. I need to…
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Packing, Planning and Panic.
Yes, these are different P’s to the no Plan, Purpose or Pressure, I looked at everything involved regarding the TA and decided that I am just going to go… all the way to the end of the South Island, if the weather allows. I broken it down into 4…
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