{"id":30466,"date":"2022-12-31T16:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?page_id=30466"},"modified":"2025-02-20T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T07:42:17","slug":"highlights-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2020-2024\/highlights-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was time for my triumphant return to Europe&#8230; or something. After a great climbing trip with Craig and Rachel at Kawakawa bay in January, I left New Zealand in March and headed back to Europe for a full on year of trips and fun. First off was ski touring in Norway with Johannes and Hanna then three day 21 ports race in Andorra where I dragged myself along almost every road in the country. Later on there was a summer holiday in Austria, and a great climbing trip in Croatia in Autumn. I then spent the winter in Barcelona with Ari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This wasn&#8217;t all though. I also rode the Tour de K\u00e4rnten again where I met Michi and Dana and did a nice two day race\/ride in Catalonia named the Gadi Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-28699 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing category-croatia tag-highlight tag-highlight2022 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/10\/climbing-in-croatia-oct-2022\/\" target=\"_self\" >Climbing in Croatia Oct 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/10\/climbing-in-croatia-oct-2022\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Climbing in Croatia Oct 2022\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/2-Ari-belaying-me-Climbing-Croatia-Oct-2022-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Day 0 After our sea kayaking trip we drove North to Starigrad and the Paklenica National Park. We arrived in the afternoon and met Johannes and Marie at our Air BnB. The plan was to climb for a week in the national park. &nbsp; Day 1 We drove the few km to the park entrance&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-10-16T13:16:00+02:00\">October 16, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-27593 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-austria category-climbing category-italy tag-highlight tag-highlight2022 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/08\/s-h-2022-day-11-spigolo\/\" target=\"_self\" >S. H. 2022 &#8211; Day 11 &#8211; Spigolo<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/08\/s-h-2022-day-11-spigolo\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"S. H. 2022 &#8211; Day 11 &#8211; Spigolo\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/nggallery_import\/Exposure-Summer-Holidays-August-2022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">We left our camp in the morning and drove up the winding pass road to the Pl\u00f6ckenpass at the Austrian and Italian border. We parked at the car park on the border, presumably in Italy. It was busy with cyclists, cars and people. The plan was to climb the 8 pitch climb named Spigolo that&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-08-14T23:06:00+02:00\">August 14, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-27472 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-andorra category-cycling category-racing category-road-cycling tag-highlight2022 tag-racinghighlight entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/06\/andorra-21-ports\/\" target=\"_self\" >Andorra 21 Ports<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/06\/andorra-21-ports\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Andorra 21 Ports\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Cris-and-Ari-after-Stage-1-Andorra-21-Ports-2022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ari and I drove to Andorra on Wednesday evening and worked from there on Thursday. In the evening we rolled down to the capital and I registered for the 21 Ports race. It\u2019s a three day road cycling stage race. At least it was. As it turns out this is the 2nd and last time&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-06-26T19:16:00+02:00\">June 26, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-28456 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-norway category-ski-touring category-skiing tag-highlight tag-highlight2022 tag-skiinghighlight entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/04\/ski-touring-troms-2022-7-hatten\/\" target=\"_self\" >Ski Touring Troms&oslash; 2022 &ndash; 7 &ndash; Hatten<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/04\/ski-touring-troms-2022-7-hatten\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ski Touring Troms&oslash; 2022 &ndash; 7 &ndash; Hatten\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Last-tour-Ski-Touring-Tromso-April-2022-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It was our last day and we didn\u2019t have a lot of time. The weather was still fantastic though so we got up early despite our evening tour and subsequent late night. We headed around to the next fiord named Ersfjord and parked at the end of the road. The plan was to head up&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-04-20T23:17:00+02:00\">April 20, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-27038 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-climbing tag-highlight tag-highlight2022 entry has-media\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/01\/kawakawa-bay-2022\/\" target=\"_self\" >Kawakawa Bay 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/2022\/01\/kawakawa-bay-2022\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1399\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kawakawa Bay 2022\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-800x437.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-2048x1119.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Sunset-in-the-bay-Climbing-Kawakawa-Bay-Jan-2022-1536x839.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">&nbsp; Using the power of the jet engine I was transported to the capital city of Wellington for a trip with Craig and Rachel, aka Lieutenant Grump and Captain Plod. The lieutenant picked me up from the airport carparks at Burger King and we raced through the winding streets of the capital for a dessert&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-01-25T19:28:10+02:00\">January 25, 2022<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was time for my triumphant return to Europe&#8230; or something. After a great climbing trip with Craig and Rachel at Kawakawa bay in January, I left New Zealand in March and headed back to Europe for a full on year of trips and fun. First off was ski touring in Norway with Johannes and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30467,"parent":31242,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":6668,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30466","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30466"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31255,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30466\/revisions\/31255"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}