The campfire

Thanks Dodgydave. Looking foward to this experience.

High team! Merry Christmas and all that jazz. Hope you're having a cracker of a festive season! I've been a bit absent recently, but for a reason.... Firstly, I just went back to Oz for 9 days ...

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 https://www.tvnz.co.nz/ondemand/beyond-the-edge/28-12-2016/series-1-episode-1

I can't find where this was sourced from DoC ... https://resources.stuff.co.nz/content/dam/images/1/f/q/5/f/4/image.related.StuffLandscapeSixteenByNine.620x349.1fmc1r.png/1480043503511.jpg http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86702463/the-price-of-...

record for the shorman kaitoke https://altrarunning.co.nz/blogs/altra-running-new-zealand-blog/s-k-fkt

Supreme Court to hear Ruataniwha Dam appeal http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/320516/supreme-court-to-hear-ruataniwha-dam-appeal

@Ian_H: thanks for all that info and good tip about the lightweight but fragile bridal tulle. That low and high ended trapezoid tarp design sounds a bit like the bomb shelter I referenced recently. For ...

A skinny person can adapt to a limited amount by eating a large amount of high energy high output food. Even then they have to get used to it. A chubby person is already partly ...

White island doesnt have a history of big erruptions and is downwind in most circumstances. It would be a unusually big erruption to affect Whakatane Ruapeahu might affect Turangi and Waioru and wont do a ...

there are various huts now that are used mainly by TA walkers in summer that are already over filled

http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/slide/2016/12/02/Landslides+and+Landslide+dams+caused+by+the+Kaikoura+Earthquake

I'm all for efficiency gains, but local knowledge is irreplaceable.

what cynicism?

The movie is about the Camino Frances, which is the most popular. There are a lot more. The one I`m planning to do is partly in Portugal, and partly in Spain. It starts in the ...

Was awesome to meet and have a good chat over some food and a beer. Did you manage to get your laptop sorted?

The scenario I've always dwelt upon most is being wet (hopefully just feet and hardshell pants and jacket), heavy rain and wind, and for whatever reason you're forced to try and bivy exposed to the ...

Man who shot hunter Danny Jordan sentenced to six months imprisonment http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/86767116/man-who-show-hunter-danny-jordan-sentenced-to-six-months-imprisonment

Here's the same view with Google Maps, and Barratt's marked. Pretty clearly in a lake. https://goo.gl/maps/BXx433UheT82

Great idea geeves :-) But coal mines? Hmm, I doubt there's any risk of that really.

@geeves the big one at bout midnight rocked the hut a fair bit, is all. if there were any others, must have slept though them

Repeat screening TV One Sundays Intrepid NZ 2:55pm - 3:55pm Classified: G Genre: Factual Real-life adventurers Jamie Fitzgerald and Kevin Biggar are back, exploring New Zealand and recreating legendary journeys in Intrepid NZ.

everest quake doco 7:30pm choice tv

The page is a little vague at the moment but I'm interested to hear what he's got.

I dont know 2 couples enjoying the outdoors. Only in LA

Otago and Southland conservation boards float idea of one management plan for four major national parks http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/85946434/Otago-and-Southland-conservation-boards-float-idea-of-one-management-plan-for-four-major-nationa...