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, 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, 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, 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 […]

Mauri ora, Located in Dunedin, Peak #20 was a ‘stiff little walk’, But with the inspirer of the challenge himself (Joel Davies), We managed to keep up the talk! Given my days of living in Dunedin were largely spent riding a bike, It was with great pleasure to be led up Mt Kettle on this […]

Tena koutou, Mt Montgomery -Peak #21 A Christmas Eve adventure- oh what spectacular fun! For those that have not heard the three words; Old Ghost Road This is a magical trail through Aotearoa’s West Coast bush- access to this area is a true gift we have been bestowed. Mountain biking 18km up the encouraging gradient to […]

Tena koutou, Peak #22 – the last one of the year, Located in Devonport- North Head boasts both a natural and man made vista Rangitoto Island and Auckland city- can both be seen here. The outlook up north is so different to the peaks in the south, Pōhutakawa trees abundant around the Hauraki Harbour mouth. Twas a leisurely […]

With it drawing closer, I thought I would pen some thoughts about The Pioneer which some people new to the event may find interesting, and what other people can add to. 1. Lip Balm! Whoah jeez, I’ve never had such sore lips in my life! An emergency supply of lip balm made it to me […]

Yikes, so much has happened over the last few weeks/month so this could be lengthy.  Firstly I got to do my first run with my sister which was a very cool event and was stoked to share this memory with her.  The run was the 10km crater rim, essentially up and back down Rapaki.  I […]

Ok, so after a quick read of my previous post Ive realised Ive got a lot to catch you all up one. The first exciting news is 4 weeks on from breaking my finger I am now typing with two hands!!! It has been about 3 weeks since my last post and with the school […]