Last November, I dismantled my mountain bike and packed it into a carboard box. I took that box on a plane to Queenstown and reassembled it with a complete stranger who had flown in from South Africa that same day. The two of us planned to ride over 450km in 6 days across kiwi mountains,…
Category: Tall tales of epic adventure
Performance enhancing wigs
That time I wore a bright pink wig and rode my mountain bike for 6 and a half hours.
Always pack your headtorch
If you’re going to chase waterfalls, and trudge down rivers in the dark… don’t leave your head torch in the car.
Tongariro Northern Circuit
4 days on the Tongariro Northern Circuit with my little bro.
MS Gong Ride 2017 – We made it!
A very rainy ride from Sydney to Wollongong… with a bunch of rock climbers.
Learning to fly
Dirtbagjens gets his pilots licence in Manilla.
The long approach to nowhere
Learning to enjoy the bits in between A and B.
13 Reasons to Rant about Travel
Originally posted on doctormowgli:
An article popped up on my social media feed recently. It listed 13 reasons why I shouldn’t worry about stupid things like money or security, and should ‘just travel’ instead. As I read through the list, I felt a familiar rage building up inside me. Want to know why? Cracks neck,…
Plastic boats and plastic oceans
Last month I signed myself up for a Marine Debris Kayaking Challenge off Kooragang Island. My new-found love of kayaking had run headlong into my guilt for always declining my friends’ repeated invites to Hunter Intrepid Landcare events. I had run out of excuses. It was time to give it a go. This was the…
A new obsession
A few weeks ago, I wrote that I wasn’t sure how I felt about the white water kayaking. Since then, I have bought a second-hand paddle and a second-hand boat. I have had unexpected paddling lessons from friendly Olympians and I’ve been around the whitewater course in an inflatable boat more times than I can count. I have had…
Upsidedown, underwater and a bit uncertain
Dear Kayaking I’m still not sure how I feel about you. I could learn to love you. But it will have to be that creepy-upy kind of love. You see, rock climbing took me in right away. It was love at first sight. Climbing provided me with a constant stream of reassurance. Each time I…
We went chasing waterfalls
For a long time I only had one CD in my car. It was one of the Triple J’s Like a Version albums. It got played on climbing trips, camping trips and trips to the supermarket. One of the songs was a cover of the TLC song, Waterfalls. If you want to listen to it,…
