iPhone in the Blender

Now this is cool ....

Inspired by a few good turns........

Had some great turns in the last week... here is a clip from my favourite ski hill...

Red Mountain... Rossland, BC

Winter Wanaka Wicked

So after the Brewster trip it seemed like a great idea to do a days skiing on the Hill so Treble Cone bound.

The Owners of TC's plan to create it into a super expensive exclusive resort seem to be working, $100 day passes probably enough to do the damage! School holidays , generally the worst time to be in Wanaka and definitely the supermarket at 5pm. and it really didn't seem that crowded.
The Classic TC View, love that St Bathans Range!

Thanks for the cheapie tickets folks, awesome.

Spent a great day with Tom, Davie and Brenda May, visiting all the ski shops on a tyre kicking mission... Ended up buying the same toque/beanie... nice green wool number... you will know when you see it...

Davie Robinson, international man of mystery and local Cactus Representative is kicking off on the next phase of his commune, love your work Davie... a home away from home





The Portside Crew Headed over to Queenstown to catch up with the Cousins and Aunts, so good to catch up!!!
Managed to tangle that up with some Mountain Cycling at 7mile... all i can say is PRIMO!
such great riding, easy access, great features which full flavour will be brought out in the summer.. with the stunts being dry, the bermed corners were awesome .. Kachoong, Cool Running's .. brilliant
Bridget sucked it up, for a great family fun day!
Nevis looking for someone else to take her round for another lap

Then for no extra payment now

ended up doing a Day's Ski Patrolling at TC, what a nostalgia trip. Such a fun day, Such a fun Job, miss it!
View of the SIX from the patrol room

The Patrol setup now at TC is these pretty flash when compared to what the facillities were when i started... So probably now on par with other big hills that market themselves as such.
Wow you can all have room to sit inside, and even if you wanted to swing a cat.... maybe its a bit ostentatious... nah all good.

Above the Indicator cliff where Roo Stanford and i built a fence to dissuade the lemmings
Roo Stanford
Nothing more fun than skiing heavy fresh snot carrying a bunch of warratahs.
Doesn't take long to reacquire the patroller fat belly, gonna blow that zip!

So with Bridget doing another week of work placement with Eliska Lewis Architecture, it was time to head home
Following the mighty Clutha River
Kiwi version of a motorway
Quick trip, as you can see the chest of drawers aerodynamic type shape of the van is really economical at 180 plus, and operates in the lower temp zone that standard 100 km /hr motoring

A big shout of thanks and hugs to all you good folk who made this trip away for us so amazing......

oooxoxox

Brewster Glacier

Brewster Glacier...

Roger Hodson presented a brilliant opportunity last week, 3 days touring around Brewster Glacier.
All in the name of science, geography.

Andrea from Switzerland was here to measure snow accumulation on the Brewster. So there we were skinning about with drills, conduit, flagging tape, probing for the glacier below, digging density pits. Heaven

Great to make the first turns of 08' out in the backcountry. Stunning wind crust that ranging from breakable to bullet proof and yet only 1 or 2 inches thick. Found some awesome turns on one aspect that just made it all so good!!!!!

Makarora
No there is not anyone in those boots , maybe we could transport more folks that way though
Great to have Harvey Hutton flying again
Camping by the terminal lake
Easy access to the Glacier

The first night was windy and cold, spin drift and all with the days being sunny and warm, it just got better and better... with the anticyclone moving over NZ, Perfect

All for the greater good of science
So when you are grovelling around on the Glacier later in the winter in a white-out and you bump into one of thesemarkers don't make the mistake that they are a flagged route off the Glacier
The density kit storage box proved itself a worthwhile companion, with all its real estate you would think the University of Otago and all the w@#$ that it loves to spout about itself, would be able to shell out for a digital set of scales and a nice small pelican box to keep the nick knacks in!!!!




Timing is everything, Harvey picking us up 40mins late, just as we watching the sun drop into the Horizon.
Roger travelling with the rice and chickens in steerage

Check out the turns in the crustiness

Clarence River

In cleaning out the laptop in the hope of speeding up the old girl i found these shots of the easter 04 trip down the Clarence River.

Rafts, Canoes, Oar rafts, Kayaks, Topo Duo all good fun! possibly should have brought the skis to the get in! had to wait for the "Council Guy" to come an plough the road so we could get over the pass to the river!

21 voyagers freezing cold weather