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New Zealand thru hike: November 2013
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Friday, November 29, 2013. We made it to Auckland early this morning! We flew Air NZ from San Francisco- the airline is wonderful! We're spending some time in central AKL this morning before we go to our hotel to get some sleep. It's beautiful and warm here, AKL seems like a fun city. We're walked around Albert park for a bit which had some very interesting trees and tons of birds.
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New Zealand thru hike: Jetpack and Brazil Nut
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Brazil Nut and Jetpack in Maine on the Appalachian Trail, 2011. Welcome to our blog. We are both avid long distance hikers, having completed many miles between the both of us. Elaine has completed her triple crown, having hiked the PCT in 2010, the AT in 2011 (and south bound in 2005! Kaitlin (Jetpack) and Elaine (Brazil Nut). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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New Zealand thru hike: April 2014
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Southern Alps and Lake Hawea. Lake Matheson and Mount Cook. Brazil Nut on top of Mt Fox. Jetpack descending Mt Fox. View to the west coast from Mt Fox. Today, I finally jumped from a plane at 15,000 feet! I've always wanted to go Sky diving and I figured what better place to go than in New Zealand! It was one of the coolest things I've ever done! Thank for reading,.
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New Zealand thru hike: West coast adventures
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Southern Alps and Lake Hawea. Lake Matheson and Mount Cook. Brazil Nut on top of Mt Fox. Jetpack descending Mt Fox. View to the west coast from Mt Fox. Today, I finally jumped from a plane at 15,000 feet! I've always wanted to go Sky diving and I figured what better place to go than in New Zealand! It was one of the coolest things I've ever done! Thank for reading,.
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New Zealand thru hike: December 2013
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Monday, December 23, 2013. It's Christmas Eve here in NZ, and we're in the small Scottish settlement of Waipu, near the coast. Town is full of last minute shoppers, it's 70 degrees outside, everyone is planning their Christmas BBQ and it's light 'til 9pm- a very different kind of Christmas! After a long road walk, we were rewarded with this view. Brazil Nut starting the estuary walk. The trac...
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New Zealand thru hike: GearList
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Tent- Zpacks Hexamid Twin. Pack- Gossamer Gear Gorilla- Med. Western Mountaineering Ultralite Bag. Cocoon Mummy silk liner. Altra Lone Peak 1.5 Shoes (pair). Luna Sandals- Leadville (pair). REI Sahara long sleeve hiking shirt. Icebreaker Tech T lite- short sleeve. Western Mountaineering Flash down jacket. Mountain Hardwear Typhoon rain jacket. Patagonia Capilene 3 Baselayer Top. 4 oz or less.
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New Zealand thru hike: March 2014
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Monday, March 31, 2014. Greeting from Te Anau, the gateway to Fiordland National Park. Sadly the TA does not go through Fiordland, we are just here to resupply, but Brazil Nut and I plan to come back here and visit once we've completed the trail. It's an outdoor enthusiasts paradise and I think it will be wonderful to explore in a few weeks time. Jetpack on the Motatapu Alpine Track. Beautifu...
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New Zealand thru hike: February 2014
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Monday, February 24, 2014. We met a couple heading north on the trail and it was great to swap stories and compare trail notes with them. It sounds like we're in for more beautiful tramping ahead of us. The South Island continues to amaze us with its beautiful scenery. From here we head towards Arthurs Pass, our next resupply point which is just about 110km away. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. TA pl...
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New Zealand thru hike: January 2014
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Sunday, January 19, 2014. On Friday we did our first Great Walk, The Tongariro Alpine Crossing. The crossing follows the volcanic mountains in the area, some of which are still active. It’s a beautiful area, like no other place I’ve been. We got to the start of the track late in the evening after getting lost and saw this sign:. Wow, I'm kind of glad we didn't stay there! It had to be blowing...
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New Zealand thru hike: Final week on the TA
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New Zealand thru hike. Follow our 3,000 km hike along New Zealand's long trail-Te Araroa. Jetpack and Brazil Nut. Thursday, April 10, 2014. Final week on the TA. We had a great last week on the trail, in spite of several days of rain. We weren't too excited about the last week as the terrain wasn't supposed to be too exciting- mostly through private farm land, a lot of muddy forest without views, and mostly just a way for us to connect our foot steps all the way to Bluff. Jetpack and Brazil Nut.