Mauri Ora, After visiting my friend Joel Davies in Dunedin recently I was very inspired by the Peak of the Week challenge he has set himself for 2016; to adventure up a peak, be it large or small every week. The photos, the topo maps and the tales of spontaneity and adventure inspired me and as […]

Mauri ora, Peak #14 was Mt Dobson. It is fair to say that prior to commencing this mission I neglected to fully acknowledge the ‘Mt’ preceding ‘Dobson’. I acknowledged it somewhat by consuming a large Custard Square at the Fairlie Bakehouse (no pie consumed) followed by a Kumara tart followed by a coffee however I was […]

Mauri Ora, Week two of my Peak of the Week challenge saw a midweek adventure up Mt Isobel in Hanmer. With my new found confidence of walking in snow after last weeks mission up Mt Grey I was brave enough to follow footsteps in the snow up Mt Isobel on a sunny Wednesday afternoon. What […]

Mauri ora, 16 is the number of this Peak, It was Mt Bradley on Banks Peninsula, of which the summit I did seek. A MTB/walk combo for transportation, Scott’s date loaf, homemade froozeballs and bananas for a snack, A beautiful view and friendly Giles from Bath, England I did meet at the hut of the Horse-pack […]

Mauri Ora, The third Peak of the Week took me back to Mt Grey….a place I had never been before and now we have been up close and personal twice in 3 weeks! This time however I grovelled all the way to the top on my MTB, spurred on 2/3 of the way up by […]

Mauri ora, Peak 17 was a local Mount, The fun rides I have had up this one total too many to count. Yet this peak of the week adventure had a different twist, For it was the route up a gravel road on a road bike with which we did persist. It wasn’t entirely pleasant as […]

Mauri Ora koutou! Peak of the Week #4 I was in such a state of excitement to don my running shoes and frolic into the Alexandra hills in glorious sunshine with glorious company on Saturday that I forgot to take my camera! Footloose and camera free we galloped up to that curious clock and beyond […]

Mauri ora, Peak #18 was the Cragieburn Range, And what glorious weather Ranginui did arrange, For after pedalling up the road to the ski field, Not even a glimmer of a mountain outlook this effort did yield! Alas, after climbing up to 1368 metres, The thrill of a single track down hill could not be defeated. […]

Mauri Ora, Peak #5 was another spontaneous, mid-week Peak of the Week adventure…..a run in the sun took me 493.78m up to the top of our local Sugar Loaf in the Port Hills. Running makes me feel so free, and I took great delight in chugging all the way to the top of sugar loaf […]

Mauri ora, I will name Peak #19 Treasure Peak 360. The road up Okuiti Valley from Little River isn’t actually on my topomap puzzle. Yes, despite having 3 topo maps I decided to ride in the area of which I did not have a map for and thus I do not know what the peak […]