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Chucky's Adventures: March 2011

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Sunday, March 20, 2011. Brumms Ck, Lake Brunner. After a slightly grey/cold day in Arthurs pass, we were very pleased to wake to clear skies. As we drove to the coast, the warm sun melted away all memories of the 4 degree night. We cruised over to Brumms Creek and after a bit of a recce, we found the farmer to ask for permission to cross his land to reach the forest. He didn't seem to mind at all, or really care what we did provided we didn't bother his stock and left the gates as we found them. Past the...

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Chucky's Adventures: June 2011

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Sunday, June 12, 2011. Had a good day with Chris, doing a circuit of Kapakapanui, Southern Tararua's. As we'd both been here before, the main aim was to be the 'First to Find' a new Geocache up near the top, as well as a bunch of older caches. The day started clear and warm, but as we climbed, standard Tararua weather (wind and cloud) set in. It didn't rain on us though till right near the end of our 6 hr trip. 5 Geocaches, including a fresh one! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Chucky's Adventures: March 2012

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Sunday, March 11, 2012. Woolshed Creek Canyon, Mt Sommers. As the weather forecast looked rubbish for the divide, we escaped east to Woolshed Creek for our Sunday's canyoning. Though the sky was grey and rain showers gripped the mountains to the south, we climbed up and entered the Canyon. The water levels were alread pretty low and since I'd been before in very high water levels and knew the exits I was comfortable to continue. Saturday, March 10, 2012. Avalanche Canyon, Arthurs Pass NP. Woolshed Creek ...

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Chucky's Adventures: February 2012

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Saturday, February 4, 2012. Chamberlain Creek, Tararua FP. Metservice promised a near perfect Waitangi weekend. Mother nature delivered a grey cold drizzly one. But regardless, an adventure was had in Chamberlain Creek by Pip, Chucky and Lara. I'd done Chamberlain in 2006 as my 2nd ever canyon and was looking forward to seeing what I thought of this trip now. It was cold and grey, so our choice of shortie wetsuits wasn't the best, though we did stay just warm enough. Chamberlain was quite a bit mello...

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Chucky's Adventures: Woolshed Creek Canyon, Mt Sommers

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Sunday, March 11, 2012. Woolshed Creek Canyon, Mt Sommers. As the weather forecast looked rubbish for the divide, we escaped east to Woolshed Creek for our Sunday's canyoning. Though the sky was grey and rain showers gripped the mountains to the south, we climbed up and entered the Canyon. The water levels were alread pretty low and since I'd been before in very high water levels and knew the exits I was comfortable to continue. May 10, 2012 at 10:07 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Chucky's Adventures: August 2011

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Monday, August 1, 2011. European Canyoning Holiday, Switzerland and Italy. For 3 weeks in August, we had an amazing canyoning holiday in Switzerland and Italy. Our Swiss friends Andy and George met a jet lagged pair of Kiwi's at Zurich, to show us round the city sights for the day. Following that, Andy organised a bunch of friends to go do a Kletterstieg (climbing path) in central Switzerland. The Kletterstieg was Pips first and she seemed to really enjoy the trip, despite it being a relatively tame route.

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Chucky's Adventures: May 2014

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Sunday, May 18, 2014. Te Manga, Rarotonga Tramping (Hiking). Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Whilst perusing all the tourist pamphlets and information on Rarotonga, there were plenty of references to a half dozen or so tramping tracks through the island, but there didn’t seem to be any more information than the name, a sentence description with time and vague line heading inland on the road map…. 8220;Rarotonga’s Mountain Tracks and Plants” Gerald McCormack and Judith Kunzle. Roundabout on Rarotonga. The bo...

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Ali and Lay's Mountaineering Blog: Walking with Dogs

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Ali and Lay's Mountaineering Blog. Hill walking in the UK, mountaineering in Europe and eventually the Himalayas. Tuesday, April 24, 2007. With more than a few column inches in the blogosphere. This month being devoted to the subject of walking with dogs (. Ali and I borrowed a Jack Russell (“Gadget”) for a test drive. A pleasant lunchtime stroll through the local footpaths of Hampshire led us through fields of golden oil seed rape and into woods carpeted with bluebells. Posted by Ali and Lay. Have added...

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Chucky's Adventures: October 2010

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Saturday, October 30, 2010. Death Road MTB, La Paz, Bolivia. Well, this was one activity I swore that I was not going to do. Anyone who knows me, knows that I´m the worlds biggest wus when it comes to sketchy roads and drivers I don´t trust. The ride down began on the new road, which was generally well sealed and had guard rails. The most dangerous bit was the erratic traffic! At "La Cumbre" the summit of the North Yungas Road. Good times on the "new road". Nice drop offs on the Original Death Road.

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Chucky's Adventures: December 2010

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010. Refugio Jakob, PN Nahuel Huapi, Argentina. Following the Lonely Planet suggestions, we embarked on 'the most popular hike in Argentina'. Though the first day it was windy and snowing up high, we walked up the sheltered Arroyo Van Titter to Refugio Frey. We spent the afternoon watching the snow storm over the cirque from the warm of the Refugio and marvelling at all the amazing Towers with hundreds of rock routes. Walking up Arroyo Van Titter towards Refugio Frey. Refugio Jako...