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Alaska to ArgentinaGuatemalaHiking
September 6, 2017

Climbing Volcán Acatenango

Volcánes Acatenango and Fuego. During our three week hiatus from cycling at Lago Atitán we climbed the popular local peak Indian Nose a couple of times. On our second visit we hiked in the dark…
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Alaska to ArgentinaGuatemalaHiking
May 31, 2017

Hiking to El Mirador, Petén

Mayan ruins deep in the Petén Basin. When early aviators, including Charles Lindbergh, made the first flight over the immense Mirador Basin of Petén, Guatemala in the 1930s they were surprised to see clusters of…
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HikingNew ZealandPhotographyTramping
January 16, 2015

North West Circuit – Rakiura

Over the Christmas/New Year break and in between finishing some design projects and prepping for my long-term Te Araroa trail excursion Hana and I decided to return to Stewart Island for a tramping trip on…
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HikingNew ZealandPhotographyTramping
August 21, 2014

Arahura – Whitcombe Easter Trip

Easter this year was spoiled for many prospective trampers by a series of storms that ravaged the mid-north West Coast of the South Island. Epic winds blew the roofs off buildings in some coastal towns…
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HikingNew ZealandTramping
June 9, 2014

Griffin Creek Hut

A few shots from a pre-Easter tramping trip into Griffin Creek Hutvwith my partner Hana and friends Katie and Bridget. Griffin Creek drains the Tara Tama Range, on the western side of the Main Divide…
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HikingNew ZealandTramping
August 26, 2012

Douglas & Karangarua Valleys

Here's some photos from an amazing Westland trip I did back in April with Hana and our regular West Coast mission tramping partners Anna Pilbrow and Tom Riley. I'd wanted to get to the remote…
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