6 Skills You Need to Have for Off Trail Hiking!
Off trail hiking made me fall in love with the outdoors. Before heading out on your own off trail hiking trip, here are the skills you need to know!
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108 posts on hiking, climbing, canyoning and life on the road across New Zealand and Australia.
Hiking the Routeburn Track in Winter!
While the majority see it in the busy summer, winter can also be a fantastic time to see the Routeburn track with some planning and preparation...
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Your guide to Hiking in Winter!
Hiking in winter can be an amazing experience, with white landscapes offering stunning vistas. Here is all you need to know about hiking in winter!
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Canyoning Down the Eagles Nest. A Fantastic (but Long) Canyoning Trip
Located in the Dart Valley, New Zealand, Eagles Nest canyon is a massive canyon with over 40 abseils! Find out how my adventure down from the Eagles Nest went!
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How to Use a Bivy Sack: Your Guide to Sleeping in Bivy Sacks!
One of the best ways of going ‘light’ while spending nights outdoors and getting close to nature is with a bivy sack! Here is how to use a bivy sack!
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How to Find Adventure Buddies
Finding other adventure buddies can often be the hardest part about getting outdoors when you are starting or have moved someplace new. Heres how you can do it!
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How to Maximize Your Weekend Adventures!
Working a 9 to 5 job? Only have the weekends for free time? Here is how to maximize those weekends and have epic adventures!
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10 Ways Adventure Sports Will Change You!
Adventure sports are on the rise. So what's the hype about? What exactly happens to you when you do an adventure sport?
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The Best Gift Ideas for Rock Climbers!
Climbers love their gear! So what exactly do you get someone if they love climbing and seem to have everything already? Well, this list should help!
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How to Enjoy Winter in the Outdoors (And Actually Look Forward to It)
Winter can be a fun and exciting time or just plain miserable. Here's how to make the most of winters with tips for the outdoors! You might even get to enjoy it
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Descending The General. Is This One of New Zealand’s Best Canyons?
I peered into the crux of the canyon, 'The Slot of Doom', I knew we were in for a ride of a lifetime. Could this be New Zealand's best canyon? We would find out
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Lesson Learnt: Ice Climbing on a Bluebird Day
What started out as a perfect sunny day turned a little more epic while ice climbing. Should we have just gone skiing? Here's how it all went...
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