| Ticking off Remote Huts | During the last 15 years or so, Easter is traditionally a time when we try to plan a West Coast tramping trip, when we're…
Mark WatsonJune 19, 2021
Hard to believe it's nearly a month since I finished the Te Araroa Trail at Bluff! Time sure flies when you're back in the office. First week home was a…
Mark WatsonAugust 5, 2015
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…
Mark WatsonJanuary 16, 2015
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…
Mark WatsonAugust 21, 2014
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…
Mark WatsonJune 9, 2014
A trip that's long been on my hit list is the Dragon's Teeth High Traverse in Kahurangi National Park, a high traverse of the Douglas Range from the Aorere Valley…
Mark WatsonMay 26, 2013
It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog. My priority for the last few months has been shooting for the Our Mountains book project I'm working…
Mark WatsonMarch 7, 2013
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…
Mark WatsonAugust 26, 2012
Back in January this year, not long after returning from our cycle touring journey, I headed into the Tararua Ranges (just north of Wellington city) for a 6 day solo…
Mark WatsonMay 15, 2012
