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Feb
2
2016
1A trip up Mt Adams, a notably geographically prominent peak west of the Main Divide on New Zealand's South Island. I've been wanting to get up there for a long time, including one abandoned winter ascent. November 2015 I got my chance. It was a fantastic trip - climbing up into the mist with almost zero visibility we set up camp...
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Jan
12
2015
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In the hills between the mouth of the Mokihinui River and the site of Lyell, a gold rush ghost town in the Upper Buller Gorge, there is something quite remarkable happening. A track is being hewn from wilderness itself, traversing incredible terrain, to create a unique backcountry experience for those of the two-wheeled,...
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Dec
4
2014
0Back in March I finally headed off on a trip into the central Paparoa that I've been wanting to do for a long time. With my good friend and regular adventure accomplice Jack, and his brother Tom, we traversed Mt Uriah from the Buller Gorge, via the Ohikanui, and out to Maimai in the Grey Valley, via Mt Stevenson. You can read...
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Oct
8
2014
0This month Greymouth celebrates 150 years since Reuben Waite, a Collingwood storekeeper, arrived to set up the first store here where the town now stands. There are a whole load of events going on, as well as pop-up art installations around town. It's great to see the town vibrant and bubbling with community activities....
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Oct
6
2014
0A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of heading up to Ruapehu to shoot images and video for Greenpeace New Zealand's #savethearctic launch action. The goal was to kick off an international social media campaign - Rooftops to Mountains. We travelled to the mountain with the objective of climbing to the summit with a modified...
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Sep
13
2014
0I've been shooting a bit of aerial landscape work over the last couple of months, so here is a small selection of recent photographs.
All these images can be purchased as prints in the West Coast Landscapes section of my online store.
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Aug
10
2014
0This is a series of images I captured a few nights ago. It has generated quite a lot of interest on Facebook so I thought it would be good to post it here with a fuller version of events.
There was drama in the sky on the evening of Wednesday the 6th of August. Billowing clouds crowded the sky, and the sun broke...
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Aug
4
2014
0Submitted a couple of winter mountain shots to Wilderness recently. Both super accessible spots in the front-country, well worth visiting.
Ces Clarke Hut, on the Croesus Track:
Mt. Rolleston from Temple Basin Skifield:
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Aug
3
2014
2The Tasman Sea is a huge part of the West Coast. Beyond simply delineating the land's edge, it has a pervasive influence on life here. I suppose that is true for all coastal communities and their briny neighbours, but it feels extra strong here. Perhaps it's the fact that there is only a tiny sliver of habitable land, squished...
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Jul
9
2014
0Photographing the same subject over and over, in many different lighting conditions, weather, seasons, and moods is a wonderfully illuminating exercise. I've been photographing Sewell Peak, a hill near Dobson, where I live, for a year and a half now. Since moving out here, I've been pretty fascinated by it's changing demeanour...
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