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30th Birthday Bash
Find me a better place to celebrate one’s impending old age than in a New Zealand tramping hut with a bunch of friends. That was the idea behind the weekend away to the Hurunui Hut near Lake Sumner. So on Saturday Gina, Tane, Katie, Kerry, Chris, Emily, Al, Amber, Greig, Clare, and I piled into…
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The Jungfrau Marathon 2011
Mum, Julian, and I caught the ICE to Interlaken, Switzerland yesterday evening and camped the night beside the river there. Julian enjoyed a breakfast of stale bread and a bretzel, his harden up food for the marathon ahead. The race started at 9 am and the 3800 strong field began a slow jog. Well when…
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Day 7 – Tafeltinden
Today we opted for a peak closer to home. The tour started from our lodge. We headed away from the sea back towards the mountains and climbed steeply at first into a gully. We then headed up towards the Koppangsbreen and Strupbreen glaciers. We were geared up with our harnesses, ropes, and various bits of…