Sad news from Nepal
Massive Landslide near Nepal’s border with China
The Wildest Dream: Everest
Just finished watching 'The Wildest Dream: Everest' (recorded from Sky NZ BBC Knowledge recently) and it was magnificent. Still surreal to think I will be there*, gasping that air, looking at that mountain in a few weeks... When it finished live TV was showing the end of a
Adventure South | 2014 Lhasa (Tibet) to Kathmandu (Nepal) Index
A cycling adventure across the Tibetan Plateau, from Lhasa to Kathmandu, with Adventure South (World Expeditions)
Remarkable Adventures International Cycling
Adventure South have launched a new website for their international tours. I really like the design but felt compelled to add a few annotations of my own. NZ & Vietnam done, Tibet/Nepal next in September 2014! Remarkable Adventures - www.remarkableadventures.co.nz Welcome to Adventure South’s Remarkable
From Tibet to the edge of the Universe
From Tibet to the known Universe
Coming in 2014 - The most epic cycling trip I’ve ever contemplated!
From Kaikoura to Tibet?
Cycling
No escaping Adventure South even when being lazy watching TV!
Watching NZ Story on TVNZ One, about Lydia Bradey the first woman to summit Everest, thinking about Bas's Tibet/Nepal ride next year. Then they showed a clip from an old news broadcast which had (I'm pretty sure) Geoff Gabites, as NZ Alpine Club President, commenting
Cycling
New Zealand Mountain Biking
Been a while since I did any trail riding but this shows New Zealand at it’s best. Heli-biking in Queenstown looks awesome. I’ve only done some remote metal road riding (left) and a part day single track ride down Skippers Canyon (right). That will have to change as
San Francisco beauty
Adrift from Simon Christen on Vimeo. Lovely capture of San Franciscos infamous fog. In spite of several visits it is not an aspect of San Francisco I have ever seen!
Samoa Air charging passengers by weight, not per seat. Brilliant!
Back in 2006 when Air New Zealand introduced new baggage controls on domestic flights I had quite an email ‘discussion’ on the matter of weight (excerpt below) and passengers. They said the new charges were to control fuel use, efficiency, not gather revenue and I argued they were penalising average
Cycling
Amazing what reminds you of a cycle tour…
One of the delights about joining a cycle tour group is the wonderful people you meet. Who’d have thought a bike trip in New Zealand would be connected, quite directly, to this… Space Insurers continue to make profits...but for how much longer? - Hyperbola “Ariane 5 ECA carries
Marlborough\West Coast Cycle Day 8 – Kaikōura to Christchurch
Last dinner, last ride, end of a wonderful Christmas Eve tour