Tag: New Zealand

Deprivation of the senses does not seem like something I would previously have referred to as ‘my cup of tea’, but then again, who needs all the senses, all the time? In fact, they are…

Digging my toes into the mixture of shining white and glittering black sand, all that echoed through my mind was a resounding “Aaaaah…” No emails to check, no bosses to answer to, no…

Crampons? Check. Yes, crampons. I have never actually seen or held crampons before. Until now, they were just something that explorers and climbers on television wore: metal traction devices…

William Trubridge is only too conscious each time he completes his pre-dive routine that this could be his last breath. After all, what other sport so overtly challenges the very existence…

It was April, autumn’s middle child, and already Queenstown’s mountainous cloak was blanketed in snow. It was the perfect weekend to visit.