tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302136242026-02-24T00:57:47.610+13:00Kiwi TracksA blog for my tramping adventures in New ZealandKiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-90916183267830028992007-08-19T21:28:00.000+12:002007-08-20T13:07:08.394+12:00Introduction to vertical ice - NZAC course at Fox Glacier August 4-5It was with mixed feelings that I embarked on this adventurous weekend. The weather forecast had predicted very heavy rain (that looked like being enough to cause another biblical flood) earlier in the week but had slightly revised on Friday to "just heavy". The other reason for my concerns were last-minutes doubts whether I'd be ready to do ICE CLIMBING. Although this course was advertised for KiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-1158448974236367652006-09-17T11:22:00.000+12:002006-09-18T08:28:45.646+12:00Surf + Klezmer = Surfing USSRI started writing this post twice already and both times I was punished with a browser crash! It made me angry to the point of resigning the task thinking: I'm not meant to write about this subject.But I misunderstood the cue: it simply made me wait until I was ready to write this post. What was originally intended to be an announcement turned into more of a review (with an exiciting announcementKiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-1157056163421595422006-09-01T08:18:00.000+12:002006-09-04T18:38:52.913+12:00Mt. Rolleston, Low Peak (via Rome Ridge)What an exhilarating experience! The ascend to the Low Peak of Mt. Rolleston (2212m) was equally long, scary and beautiful. In short: a memorable day out amongst the tops!This trip came to me almost like a miracle since I didn't expect to get out into the mountains for quite some time due to the opening of Ya-Ya teahouse which requires me to work there on the weekends. But when Andrew (who was KiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-1155725535549775762006-08-16T22:49:00.000+12:002006-09-03T08:30:44.170+12:00The fabulous adventure of creating and opening Ya-Ya House of Excellent TeasOr: How a long story finds a happy ending...I realize, this is only the third real entry in my tramping blog and I'm already WAY off-topic. Well, off-topic allright, but maybe not quite so far. My main intention with Kiwi Tracks was to share some tales about adventures in New Zealand and this tale certainly is about an adventure!I'm so proud about the outcome, I'll just start with the happy KiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-1155673976836109162006-08-16T07:53:00.000+12:002006-08-16T10:51:37.456+12:00BuddyMapping - What a cool Web 2.0 application!I just discovered the service of BuddyMapping yesterday and it instantly made sense to me. An easy way to visualize readers or visitors of blogs and websites, combined with the option to leave comments and images. The perfect guestbook!As a bonus, it works really smoothly, combines some of my favourite web-features (uses Google Maps, AJAX, etc.) and KiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-1151890486885825542006-07-03T13:33:00.000+12:002006-09-03T08:26:13.936+12:00Trip to Mt.Cassidy & BlimitA couple of weeks ago, we did a 2-summit crossing from Arthur's Pass village to Temple Basin over the summits of Mt. Cassidy (1850m) and Blimit (1921m) just before the first big dump of snow hit the South Island.To try some "geo-blogging", I brought a GPS along in addition to my camera to record the locations the pictures were taken. The results are shown on the map KiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30213624.post-1151185099081407172006-06-25T09:38:00.000+12:002006-07-01T14:09:59.066+12:00Finally!It seems I have made it. I've been thinking for quite a while about sharing some thoughts and pictures from my many tramps (hikes for you Americans) through New Zealand's backcountry and to the many peaks. Then today, I finally sat down and started posting.I want to thank Andrew Stevenson for his kind permission to use the title of his wonderful book Kiwi Tracks (published in Lonely KiwiTrackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11937956261442420198noreply@blogger.com0