The goal is simple...to ski, climb, and hitchhike my way around some of New Zealands prime alpine venues of the south island with as little money as possible. I quit my job, liquidated any assest i did not need and started saving...what will come of this adventure. Who knows? Good times for sure!







Whats on the agenda?

Well if anyones is interetsed and want to join in this is the plan so far... So things are starting to happen now. Getting pretty excited. So far i have the fisrt couple of weeks in NZ sorted. After that im just gonna have to play it by ear and hope i team up with some people who are keen for some skiing in the backcountry! As it stands this is the plan..
  • 11th July Fly in to ChCh
  • 12th-13th July new (seondhand) boots thermo formed, buy up on food at pack n save, sort out some odds and ends in town.
  • 14th Head down to Queenstown with Loz...
  • 15th, 16th Ski some resorts real keen for Remarkables...
  • 17th get a lift back to turn off with mt cook village and hitch/walk in
  • 18-24th Ski mountaineering course with Alpine Guides. Will do a full review for anyone interested...
  • If i cant scrounge a partner to head back into to AMCNP i am planning on hitting up Ohau, Dobson, and fox peak ski resorts hitching around and setting up camp somewhere just outside the resort. If someone is keen i would be in the backcountry in a flash.
  • Will have to drop back into ChCh for a few days to put a tax return in as by this stage i will be very very poor i suspect!
  • August, september, october and onwards, unsure! Looking for crew!
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Leaving and Coming home

Well have now officially moved all my stuff out of Tasmania and into storage at my folks place in NSW. The mighty subaru made the 800km trip, blown head gasket and all, without a single issue! Since getting all my kit home i have been doing a fair bit of beach fishing with dad (fish curry and smoked fish mmmm) and fixing kit. I pulled everything out yesterday and did a bit of a check up on it. Turns out skins dont like being stuffed in a cubpoard for a couple of years. I stripped the glue back and ordered some new glue from Paddy Pallin in Jindabyne at $74 AUD not cheap, but cheaper than new skins! I also gave my skis a bit of a touch up cleaning up the edges and bases and re-waxing them. Pulled my tent out for a check up, and will go get some more sil-net sealant today hopefully from the local camping store and touch up a few spots, im still yet to work that out, that you buy really nice tent (aka bibler, macpac etc.) and have to seam seal it yourself? Im sure it has something to do with not being able to seam tape siliconised nylon or something...anyone who knows i would be keen to hear! The countdown is now on until i fly out with under 20 days to go. It looks to be the first couple of days im going to spend in chch sorting some items out, getting my new second hand boots (thanks jack) thermo molded, picking up some maps, and organising food. Then its off down south for a few days resort skiing to get the eye back in....after this the plan is looking like Mt Cook village for a bit...will have to see on weather etc.... I also have managed to get a bit of a climb in the other day with a mate from tassy, anna. We headed down to Bittangabee bay and walked around to the north side (45min-1hr) where some sea cliffs are. Got a couple of climbs in, one really funky face with really cool pockets carved into it by the sea about 20m height. We also put up what we decided was a first ascent, as no one would have wasted their time with what we deemed advanced bouldering before... about 5-7m arete, with two good faces either side. Was fun. Called it the gear monster as anna dropped her atc from the top ledge (about 12m). Was a pretty tops day in general with lots of sea eagles, and big bait balls jumping 30m off the cliff, hot and sunny!
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