Sunday, October 26, 2014. Drifting to Sleep on a Coconut Boat. Drifting to sleep, on a coconut boat. Lying on the gently pitching prow on a calm sea. There is fortunately no sign of rain. Sitting at my dinner table in Wellington on a rainy day. Wanting to be travelling with the wind? Links to this post. Saturday, July 12, 2014. Woolshed Hill to Hallelujah Flat - Great to get out in the Hills together. Friday, June 20, 2014.

Put on your boots and go! How to go vol biv. Paragliding in the Mountains essay. After a great flight across Switzerland I was no longer calculating whether I was on track to reach Monaco before the July 17. Deadline France was just around the corner. With a great weather forecast I was in a good position and things were going really well.

Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. Mr Surveyor Thomson, by John Hall-Jones. Early Days in Otago and Southland. This is the first proper biography of John Turnbull Thomson. Chief Surveyor of Otago and later first Surveyor-General of New Zealand. As stated in the subtitle, it is also the story of early Otago and Southland, since the two provinces were surveyed and mapped by Thomson. In the days when they were one.

The thousand little things that form a mountain experience for one person will be entirely different for someone else. A photo essay of some fragments of our experiences over the past 2014 New Zealand Winter and Spring seasons exploring the Canterbury Mountains are below. Driving past Lake Tekapo with the Sibbald Range straight ahead.

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