Kayak

Date: 15/10/11
River: Mokihinui
Section: North Branch
Flow: low
Comments: Easily worth the money, i would reccomend this trip to anyone wanting a backcountry kayaking experience! 2 good days of paddling with a stopover at a hut to drink some wine and sit around in the sun and hang out with a solid crew. what more could you want?
Click here to watch the video.

Sunset from the hut

Me on one of the smaller drops

Kayak

Date: 4/10/11
River: Arahura
Section: cesspit gorge
Grade 4:
Flow: mid-high
Comments: The highest ive ever run the gorge at. had a sweet run with no carnage. Click here to watch the video

Kayak

Date: 7/10/11
River: toaroha
Section: 4o min walk up
Grade: 3
Comments: Martijns first trip down. all went well and we both had a good day out!

Alpine assments

Date:27/9/11
Location: Arthurs pass
Activity: mountaineering
Weather: good
Snow: soft spring snow
Comments: had a sweet two days in arthurs pass, climbed Avalunch peak and then did skills up at temple basin.

Alpine

Date: 22-8-11

Duration: 4 days

Location: Temple basin

what a epic way to spend the last week of term. amazing weather and good snow conditions made our mountain trip what it was. the last night was spent in a surprisingly warm snow cave.

Snow

Date: 20/8/11
Location: Temple Basin
Activity: snowboarding
check out the video of some sick temple basin snow...
click here to watch it.

DOC week

DOC week came around fast and before we knew it we were in a kiwi crach finding a kiwi and checking traps. The week was a cold one and clearing the tracks was hard work in the snow, but we got it done.

The kiwi check being done

A kiwi foot print followed closly by a cat or large stoat in the Paparoas.

The Cat print is at the top of the photo with a circle arround it

Climbing

Date: 13/8/11
Location: Charleston
Learning: Trad anchors

Incidents: none

Sea kayak

Date: 1/8/11
Location: Abel Tasman NP/ Anakiwa
Duration: 10 Days

Once upon a time I thought that sea kayaking was for those people who were seeking less adventure and risk than the rest of us white water kayakers. I was wrong. Our ten day sea kayaking mish was cold, wet and sandy but also exciting and it opened up my eyes to a whole new style of kayaking, one that I enjoyed a lot. The conditions were near perfect apart from a southerly front that came through on the day that I was leader, we managed to pull through and after two attempts at getting around the final point we made it to camp. Another big part of the trip was group development, we had many intense feedback sessions which helped our previously slightly lost group get focus and work as a well oiled machine! if you want any more photos from the trip let me know...

Surf

So holidays are over and back in lil old grey the surf has been amazing,

 a big bar has formed and sick medium sized waves are everywhere!!!

Photos taken by Adam McIntyre, cheers bro!

 

Kayak

Date:9/10/11
Location: Totara River
Flow: Mid/ Low
Grade: 3
Carnage: None
Comments: sweet exploration trip with John and Rob from Aoraki polytech along with Phil, Rata and Martijn.

Some wild life encountered on our float down.

Climbing SDL

Date: 1/7/11

Location: Punakaiki

Who came: Robbie, Adam and Scott

Comments: Had a break from paddling and went out for a afternoon at punakaiki climbing some rocks.

Kayak

Date: 6-7-11
Location: Arahura river
Section: Cesspit Gorge
flow: 2000mm on wcrc website
Carnage: Rata had one swim in cave drop, cleaned things up quickly.

Comments: showed the aroaki crew down the cesspit gorge, no carnage except the swim and then the rest of the guys walked the cave drop. the rest of the trip went without a hitch...
Video at...
http://vimeo.com/26096961

Mid Taipo hut video is now up!

Not the usual West Coast creek but still worth a look...
http://vimeo.com/25983367

Kayak

Date3/7/11
Location: Toaroha river
Section: 40 min walk in
Grade: 3/3+
Carnage: none
Comments: Me, Phil, Rata and Nick met up with a few students from Aoraki polytech and headed out to show them down our most popular run. all went well and everyone enjoyed the day!

Getting ready after the walk in

Phil on a very bony rapid

Getting on after a portage

Kayak/Bush

Date:24/6/11 - 26/6/11
Location: Taipo River
Section: Mid Taipo Hut to road bridge
Duration: 3days
Grade 2+/3
Flow: low
Carnage: None
Comments: Adams pajero was loaded up and after some messing around me, Adam, Sara and Astraea headed off up the taipo river to Dillon's homestead for the night. After a late start on Saturday morning we started the long walk with heavy kayaks on our shoulders and arrived at Mid Taipo at around 4:30pm. The next morning was clear and very frosty as we set off down the river in search of some rapids. all went well, Adam portaged the first main rapid then we paddled to the homestead, picked up Astraea and paddled on out to the road.


The crew walking in

Mid Taipo Hut

The team at 7 Mile creek

Kayak

Date: 24/6/11
Location: Arahura River
Section: Sesspit gorge
Grade: 4
Carnage: none
Comments: Ratas first real west coast creek run went well. No carnage and good lines were hit by all apart from one hole that rata went straight into.
Check out the video at...


http://vimeo.com/25701891

Ice Climbing

Date: 15/6/11
Location: Franz Glacier

3 days on the ice had us all pretty comfortable top roping up some fairly steep ice climbs. The scenery was amazing, but the weather wasn't so good. It rained on two of the three days but we still loved it.



The Team



On belay!



Zac and Luke



At the top of the ice

Kayak

Date:18/6/11
Location: Toaroha
Section:walk in, part way up grade 4 section.
Grade:4
Carnage: none
The 2Dash crew had decided it was time to scout some new water. with 2 new GoPro cameras at $525 each, a trip up the toaroha was planned. We knew the way up the grade 3 then explored some of the grade 4 section.
Enjoy the video....

http://vimeo.com/25430738

Kayak

Date: 12/6/11
Location: Hurunui
Section: Maori Gully
Grade: 3
Carnage: None
A good weekend in Christchurch was had, about $800 was spent in paddler zone between us on saturday. Sunday we got out on the hurunui. it was good to see taylor getting back into a boat! cheers bro!
http://vimeo.com/25015601

Kayak

Date:10/6/11
Location: Toaroha River
Section: Walk in 40mins
Grade: 3
Carnage: none
Check out the video...
http://vimeo.com/24898236

Mohaka video

The video from our Mohaka source to sea attempt

last holidays is finished and ready to watch,

Check it out at

http://vimeo.com/24757273

Bush

Date:1/6/11
Location: Arahura valley
Activity: Survival
Duration: 3 Days
Comments: Last week we did a three day survival mission up the Arahura valley with nothing but what we would take on a day tramp. It was cold but we all loved it. We spent the first night as a group then split up for our solo on the second night.

My fire on solo

Keeping warm

ready to catch some food!

Chris building the group shelter

Bush

Date:5/6/11
Location: Tiapo River
Huts: Dillon Homestead
Duration: 2 Days

Kayak

Date: 4/6/11
Location: Toaroha
Section: 40 min walk in
Flow: Low
Grade:3
incidents: None
A good smooth trip was had down the toaroha, lines were all hit perfectly.

Kayak

Date:29/5/11
Location: Kakapotahi
Section: lower
Grade:3+
Flow: low
Carnage: None


Grace ready to boof on the first drop

Rata in the gorge


Phil taking time for a break

Kayak

Date: 26/5/11

Location: dobson wave

river: grey

Comments: sick wave! check the vid...

Kayak

Date: 22/5/11
Location: Kakapotahi River
Section: Upper
Grade: 4+/5
Flow: low
Comments: sweet first time down, cheers for taking me Owen! Have a look at the video…

Me on 'Air mail'


Owen too

Kayak

Date:21/5/11
Location: Toaroha River
Section: walk in 40mins
Grade: 3
Flow: low
Comments: good trip, all went well, check out the video of this and the Kakapotahi ubove…

Phil on the main drop


Me on the main drop