Ari visits-18-22-Climbing in Christchurch
Day 18It was overcast in the morning and it began to rain as we drove South. We stopped at the hot pools in Hanmer for a swim before driving back…
Ari visits-12-Climbing at Paines Ford
We went to the river in the morning and I swam in the swimming hole then we had breakfast in Takaka, in a park, while waiting for our clothes, which…
Ari visits–3-climbing
I did the Tuesday Worlds in the morning. It went better than my first ride in December. In the afternoon we went climbing again, this time at Lyttelton Rock. The…
Golden Bay Dec 2019
Like the last few years, I spent a week or so in Golden Bay with my family. This year, Simon and his family had a house in Tata beach and…
Barcelona 2019
Day 1I flew to Barcelona to visit Ari. Today we visited Montserrat. It's an interesting rocky hilly area near Barcelona. The rock formations are very funky with many towers and…