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🏞️ The Darran Mountains. One of those amazing 🏞️ The Darran Mountains. One of those amazing mountain days when the air is calm, the sun is shining, psyche is high and after two days in the hills you're well in the zone and in tune. From our camp below Madeline's northern glacier we scrambled and climbed up rock slabs and ribs before following the glacier to Turner's Pass. There, the summit of Madeline beckoned to us, so without much discussion, up we went... Over the steep snow, and up the line of flow, picking our way up the most solid rock. On top of Fiordland (nearly), with the Tasman glistening in the distance. And then it was down... Weaving 'round the crevasses, descending to warm rock slabs for another night under the stars and big views of Tutoko & Madeline ✨ . . . #darranmountains #centraldarrans #darransclimbing #mountmadeline #subalpinism #fiordlandnationalpark
🏞️ The Darran Mountains, Fiordland. Here's an 🏞️ The Darran Mountains, Fiordland. Here's an instalment of photos from day two of my March Central Darrans journey with Tom & Ruari. From our bushline camp we wove our way higher through tussock and moraine, aiming for a rocky peak we needed to cross the shoulder of to reach the descent to Donne Lake. We ate lunch on the ice polished slabs of the lake outlet. Astoundingly, when Europeans first crossed this same region 100 years ago, the Donne Glacier, roughly 200-300m deep, filled the entire cirque. Beyond the lake we walked and scrambled higher to a bivvy beneath Madeline & Turner's Pass. There, we rolled out our sleeping bags and slept on rock slabs beneath the stars. . . . #darranmountains #subalpinism #fiordland #fiordlandnationalpark #centraldarrans #mountmadeline #mounttutoko #donneglacier #glaciercreek
🏞️ The Darran Mountains, Fiordland. Back in l 🏞️ The Darran Mountains, Fiordland. Back in late March (after I'd recovered from Tour Te Waipounamu) I made a week long trip to the place that feels like my spiritual NZ home, the Darrans. I'd missed these mountains, having been on a different trajectory, cycling for four years. With old friend @tomdotriley and new friend Ruari, we set off from the lower Hollyford Valley, hoping to access the Donne Glacier lake via Glacier Creek and then cross the central Darrans and exit to the Cleddau, on the other side of the range. On day 1 we made great progress, fording the Hollyford, then finding and following lower Glacier Creek before launching uphill into the much feared vertical Fiordland bush. We camped that night on the bushline, satisfied with progress and excited for what was next... . . . #darranmountains #fiordland #fiordlandnationalpark #subalpinism #mountaineeringlife #nzadventure
Goose stepping weka, Heaphy Hut, Kahurangi Nationa Goose stepping weka, Heaphy Hut, Kahurangi National Park. Probably on its way to raid somebodies feed bags... . . . #weka #endemic #nativebird #newzealandnativebirds #kahuranginationalpark #newzealandpics #newzealandnatural #heaphytrack #newzealand🇳🇿
More Heaphy Track magic among the nikaus... with @ More Heaphy Track magic among the nikaus... with @beinghana . . . #bikepack #bikepacking #heaphytrack #kahuranginationalpark #departmentofconservation #mountainbiking #singletrackmind #nikau #newzealandcoast #bikepacknewzealand #bikepackingbike #otsovoytek #purenewzealand #performancebynature #tournewzealand 🚲🚲 @otsocycles @we_are_sungod @revelatedesigns @biomaxa @kathmandugear
It's not just perfect singletrack in a beautiful p It's not just perfect singletrack in a beautiful place that makes the Heaphy Track special, but the way it encompasses a wide variety of ecosystems from coastal to sub alpine, and with that there's native fauna, such as the carnivorous giant snail, powelliphanta, cheeky wekas, whio (native blue duck) and of course those perfect scenes of nikau palms along the coast. . . . #heaphytrack #whio #powelliphanta #weka #kahuranginationalpark #purenewzealand
Here's another flurry of images from my Heaphy Tri Here's another flurry of images from my Heaphy Trip with @beinghana @pjogriff and Anna and James back in Nov last year. Considering how rainy this 4-day outing was, I did manage to sneak in a few photos. . . . #bikepack #bikepacking #heaphytrack #explore_newzealand #bikepackingphotos #mountainbiking #purenewzealand #kahuranginationalpark 🚲🚲🚲🚲🚲
It's almost hard to believe that this is the same It's almost hard to believe that this is the same bike that carried me through Peru, Bolivia, Chile & Argentina, and now seen here at home on New Zealand's famous Heaphy Track. 🔧 We made quite a few changes to the bikes when we got home to optimise them for "NZ-style bikepacking". By that I mean rides that are generally shorter duration, but sometimes much more technical (more singletrack, hike-a-bike and rough tracks) and less remote, and so a lighter baseweight, better handling, braking and suspension were called for. 🚲 Now using Shimano Deore hydraulic disc brakes (2 & 4 piston) (replacing mechanical TRP Spykes) 🚲 Fox 34 Factory Step Cast 120mm fork (Replacing Salsa Kingpin Deluxe carbon fork) 🚲 Wolftooth 30 tooth elliptical alloy Camo chainring (Replacing 28t stainless Camo chainring) 🚲 Smaller grips for better control - Ergon GA3 MTB grips (Replacing Ergon GP1 touring grips) 🚲 @beinghana added a Specialized Command Post dropper post and I added a Thomson Masterpiece seat post (super light, with slight flex for more comfort) and Wolftooth QR. 🚲 Because we're now carrying lighter loads, we're using the Revelate Designs Pronghorn (handlebar harness) and I've been running the smaller 8L Terrapin (14L shown) while Hana runs the dropper compatible Vole. 🤔 Any questions about the set up. Fire away... . . . #bikepacking #otsovoytek #revelatedesigns #bikepackinglife #bikepackinggear #bikepackingbike 🚲🚲 @otsocycles @wolf_tooth_comp @revelatedesigns
Same ride, different flavours: the amazing Heaphy Same ride, different flavours: the amazing Heaphy Track. Kahurangi National Park. These shots are from a trip in there back in November last year, which was about my 5th visit since first riding it with @beinghana back in 1992! . . . #bikepacking #heaphytrack #kahuranginationalpark #cycling #mountainbiking #singletrackmind #kathmandugear #newzealandadventure #newzealandtrip #newzealandpics #newzealand🇳🇿 🚲🚲🚲🚲 @otsocycles @biomaxa @revelatedesigns @bigagnes_ @kathmandugear
The magical lowland coastal forest of the Heaphy R The magical lowland coastal forest of the Heaphy River, Heaphy Track, Kahurangi National Park . . . #heaphytrack #otsovoytek #revelatedesigns #performancebynature #bikepack #bikepacking #cycling #explorebybicycle #cycletravel #biketocamp #newzealandadventure #purenewzealand #newzealandscenic #tournewzealand 🚲🚲 @otsocycles @biomaxa @revelatedesigns @bigagnes_ @we_are_sungod @wolf_tooth_comp
The simple life. . . . #biketocamp #bikepack #bike The simple life. . . . #biketocamp #bikepack #bikepacking #bivvy #bikepackher #otsocycles #revelatedesigns #bigagnes #kathmandugear #sleepingout #lifeontheroad 🚲🚲 @bigagnes_ @otsocycles @kathmandugear @revelatedesigns @wolf_tooth_comp @biomaxa
These shots are from the Wharfedale track, late la These shots are from the Wharfedale track, late last October, on our 'homecoming' ride from Tauranga back down to Lyttelton. This route works really well incorporated into a longer bikepacking trip, as it's got a convenient hut, classic eastern Canterbury High Country beech forest which tends to be quite dry, and some really good singletrack that's been nicely upgraded in recent years. There are some great views of the Canterbury Plains, the Port Hills and Banks Peninsula too, which was our first view of 'home' in over 4 years. It felt good. . . . #wharfedaletrack #bikepacking #bikepack #otsovoytek #explorebybike #nz_adventures #canterbury #singletrack #cycling_photos 🚲🚲 @otsocycles @biomaxa @revelatedesigns @wolf_tooth_comp @bigagnes_ @kathmandugear @we_are_sungod

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