Being in the outdoors with friends invigorates
the soul. Tony's outdoor passions include ski touring, outrigger
paddling, sailing, alpine tramping, multisport events, and
white-water paddling.
Here is a short selection of photos from
a few trips and locations that may be of interest:
Honeymoon
Bay
At the southern end of the Abel Tasman National Park, Honeymoon
Bay is a beautiful, quiet enclave, with a gorgeous view across
Tasman Bay toward D'Urville Island.
Some views over different moods and seasons.
Canadian
Rockies
In contrast to NZ's fanged and loose Southern Alps, the Canadian
Rockies have a more permanent, geometric appearance. Tony
has ski toured in Canada on several trips - around Sir Sandford
peak in the upper Selkirk range; from Sandpoint in Idaho to
the Canadian border (in the lower Selkirk range); and at Sorcerer
Lodge, north of Roger's Pass.
Mt Arthur
A popular tramping area, located behind Motueka, winter 2006
delivered a stunning snow dump, providing some not-so-common
perspectives of the Tablelands, Mt Arthur's northern approach,
and the vista across Tasman Bay toward Nelson
Grand
Canyon
Arid, ancient, and seriously unusual, the canyons are truly
grand. From mid-November to early December 2005, Tony joined
a private party of New Zealanders and Americans on a 21 day
(210 mile) rafting trip, from the 'put in' at Lees Ferry to
the 'take out' above Lake Mead, with lots of hiking, rock
scrambling, and fossil foraging en-route.
Tasman
Glacier
Gouging out Mt Cook's eastern foot, the Tasman glacier, and
its many tributaries, is a wonderful ski touring playground,
with a multitude of couloirs, bowels, basins, peaks, and head-walls
to explore. Battered by strong spring nor'westers, however,
fine weather windows are often short, and trips are all too
frequently curtailed.
Fox
and Franz Joseph Glaciers
Plunging from the high giants of NZ’s Southern Alps,
down to the lush bush (rain-forest) of our West Coast, and
out to the vast expanse of the Tasman Sea, are the Fox and
Franz Joseph glaciers – stunning oceans of ice and snow.
A spectacular helicopter ride into a small alpine hut perched
high on a rocky outcrop above each enormous névé
gives access to some of the most sensational ski touring and
climbing in the world
