{"id":31885,"date":"2025-10-28T09:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/?page_id=31885"},"modified":"2025-10-28T09:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:54:46","slug":"crispnz-trips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/","title":{"rendered":"CrispNZ Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m Cris from New Zealand. This is my blog about my adventures over the last 15+ years. These are the highlights. For the latest posts check out the link in the menu.<\/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-31774 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry has-media\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2025-2029\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Highlights 2025-2029\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/DSC2292-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2025-2029\/\" target=\"_self\" >Highlights 2025-2029<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Only one year down. Let&#8217;s see what these years bring. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-31242 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry has-media\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2020-2024\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Highlights 2020-2024\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/nggallery_import\/Camping-on-the-Mataketake-Ridge-by-night-Adventures-with-Craichel-Jan-2022-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2020-2024\/\" target=\"_self\" >Highlights 2020-2024<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I was living in New Zealand between 2020 and 2022, which coincided well with the Corona Virus Pandemic. I lived for some time in Nelson and also in Christchurch. I had a number of adventures around the South Island and at the beginning of 2022 I returned to Europe. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30542 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry has-media\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2015-2019\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Highlights 2015-2019\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chris-and-clouds-Tramping-Ice-Lake-Dec-2015-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2015-2019\/\" target=\"_self\" >Highlights 2015-2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">During these years I was based in Europe (Lindau in Germany) but still managed to return to New Zealand once a year over the NZ summer for adventures. In Europe, Leonie and I did many trips to a variety of countries. We also entered many cycling races and competed in a bunch of trail run&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30540 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry has-media\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2009-2014\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Highlights 2009-2014\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nggallery_import\/leonie-descends-from-rabbit-pass-tramping-wilkin-young-dec-2014-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/highlights-2009-2014\/\" target=\"_self\" >Highlights 2009-2014<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I headed to Europe in 2009 with the intention of spending a few months there traveling. The European winter arrived and I decided to stay longer taking a part time job in a ski rental shop in the small German town of Oberstdorf. The following summer I trained to work on a hochseilgarten (high ropes&hellip; <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-30478 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry entry has-media\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/racing-highlights\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" src=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Racing Highlights\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Ascending-Hochtannbergpass-with-Markus-Highlander-Radmarathon-2017-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.lovell-smith.com\/trips\/summary-2\/racing-highlights\/\" target=\"_self\" >Racing Highlights<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">I&#8217;ve been at the start line a lot over the years (approximately 330 times since 2003). These are some highlights from racing in Europe. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m Cris from New Zealand. This is my blog about my adventures over the last 15+ years. These are the highlights. 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