tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67951622001832630502024-02-06T18:15:37.247-08:00The Wet Side Of Lifejared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-33416605729460030562014-07-04T04:41:00.001-07:002014-07-04T04:41:51.620-07:00Merica After three months of playing rugby and traveling around South America the bags were packed ready for another Cali road trip. Cali has be in a drought for about the last three years but in saying that there was still some good boating to be had, we were lucky enough to head south and get the last of it by hitting the Kaweah's. The East Fork, Hospital Rock, The Upper section on Hospital Rock. Once all of these had dropped out we headed north to Washington were we spent most of our time along with a trip to Idaho. Enjoy the photos of the team getting after it, video to come!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Myself on Lava Fall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phil on V-Slide. Hospital Rock</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lava Falls from a different angle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dann and Jake talking tactics on the south fork of the Salmon. Idaho</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gerd getting the job done on the North Fork of the Payette </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad enjoying his first run down the Little White Salmon </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jake boofing the hell out of Sprit Falls </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brad taking in all in after going behind the falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Myself going for the 45 this time on Sprit Falls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chaos </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the Tea Cups on South Silver </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group bomb down the Robe Canyon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I went for the big boof this time, super soft tho</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Camp on day two of the South Fork of the Salmon</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aniol boofing hard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rush getting his lean on </td></tr>
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jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-44194662074850030262013-05-02T05:15:00.001-07:002013-05-02T05:15:28.259-07:00StackedStoked to get some gears from Stacked Clothing can wait for there winter range to come in. If you haven't checked these guys out you should head over to there page www.stackedclothing.com they represent more than just a label which I love. They sell worldwide so get amongst <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnipE4KJEtLLZLJu6Du_PzBKGssygJXdZbEmvwV2HwFCGZTFLA9Bc7kCiSDBkPKFcOfBcs9XdnI5SDQDCZLie5iAfM3hdcDmAkepzx-IYgi3_i5dHuyTkfau4vuYBZ-K307QJxoHDAXbs/s640/blogger-image-1296156983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnipE4KJEtLLZLJu6Du_PzBKGssygJXdZbEmvwV2HwFCGZTFLA9Bc7kCiSDBkPKFcOfBcs9XdnI5SDQDCZLie5iAfM3hdcDmAkepzx-IYgi3_i5dHuyTkfau4vuYBZ-K307QJxoHDAXbs/s640/blogger-image-1296156983.jpg" /></a></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-88346407130015188662013-04-17T21:53:00.003-07:002013-04-17T21:54:24.138-07:00Summer Time Blues <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>ell summer here in New Zealand has
finally came to an end. We had a mixed bag of weather all over the
country with huge floods over the New Year period and then drouths
for the next three months. The mixed weather had us driving all over
the country from Nevis runs in the south to a Karamea run in the
north. Its now getting a little fresh with the first snow falling on
the top so time to dust off the skis and gear up for what is meant to
be a cold winter. A big thanks to Liquid Logic Kayaks, Artistic and
Stacked Clothing. Be sure to check them out buy hitting their link on
the side of the page. Here is wee clip I chucked together of a few of
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of January the nevis river would be flowing! Well it was and</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">
we g</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">ot it!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Draining
the Garvie and Hector mountain range the Nevis River drops steeply
through amazing Otago countryside on its 16 km journey to meet the
Kawarau river. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If
you like your creekin' on the steep side of very then this is the
river for you. Make sure you pack your elbow pads!! It is the best in
the region and offers some of the sickest, consistent hard boating in
the country. There are so many drops and rapids on this wee gem.</span><br />
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Run starts off with mellow start. You get about 2.5 km or so of
boogie water to warm up on and get the blood flowing before a manky
rapid just above the obvious Slot Gorge which is a “mandatory”
portage. (But in saying that Nick fired it up) Some people say to
throw you boats and go others say take the hit on a flat landing as
there are some shallow rock below as one of the american boys found
out the day before. He decided to take the advice of one of the boys
who doesn't have the best track record of jumping off stuff and ended
up smashing his ankle is three places. So that ended in the team
walking out, choppers getting called and ending Peacher New Zealand
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getting to a BIG horizon you see the river literally drop away from
underneath you, this is lunch rapid. This is where we meet the other
crew who had to walk in to get there boats from the day before. Lunch
Rapid defiantly has line and it has been fired up before, I think
last by Dlyan Thompson but this bad boy definitely rates high on the
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stretch for 200m which leads into the last STEEP section. The river
drops like a staircase through the “Brothers” section Little and
Big Bro. Theres are the last two rapids of the steep section. And
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<br />jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-90845776018521043302013-01-06T00:02:00.001-08:002013-01-22T03:17:21.110-08:00Coasting<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">W</span>ell I know its been a bit dry here
lately but there is a good reason for that.... I haven't been doing
anything! Well thats not entirely true I have been up to a bit but
nothing worth write home about as such. So on July 6<sup>th</sup>
2012 I undertook my second shoulder operation the operation involved
a right shoulder revision posterosuperior repair and decompression,
supraspinatus repair and soft tissue decompression of the subacromial
space. If you are like me and don't have a clue what that means then
I will explain it to you like my surgeon explained it to me …. its
Fucked! So with that taking up 6 months of my life I am now back on
the West Coast living and trying to find a job. So if you have and
jobs going anywhere let me know I am all ears! Here are a few snaps
of what has been going on I have been back in my boat for about two
weeks now and working my way back up. Stay tuned for some more regular updates. Chur<br />
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The stomper has some serious speed behind it I found once in the rapids things were coming thick and fast but this combined with its ability to pass through any feature without out losing speed has to be a real positive. With speed comes the ability for the boat to “spin out” But I have found that the boat holds it line pretty well so far. This is due to the primary and secondary edges are well balanced and hold you in place. <br />
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Boofing this thing is a dream, one stroke and you are sailing through the air and upon landing it holds its momentum quite well. I found after landing boofs you have quite a lot of control, you land on an edge and the boat will keep tracking on that edge where as in boat I have paddled in the past you would have to land then head to where you want to go. </div>
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When out on my last trip I chucked some rocks in the back to see what it was like fully loaded but with a lot of volume in the tail the boat held its own and performed well. When fully load I busted out a few rolls and it had a really nice snap to it and it rolled very easily. This was the first thing my mate said to me when he was trying the stopmer out.<br />
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Just a short review but will post more action picture some spring!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Its all go ... watching the boys bring it home! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In January myself and a few mates headed to South East Asia to see what it was all about<br />
we spent about a mouth tripping around laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. You can make your<br />
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and a bloody good night life..... Smiles all round!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local whiskey anyone! Word on the street was that a few people have carked from drinking<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are the bars that line the river and they are pumping all day long. You just<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heaps of room! A high class bus trip in Vietnam on our way to <br />
Ha Long Bay lucky it was only for five hours!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ankor WATTTTTT</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a wee creek that flows out the back the family house on the West Coast .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The West Coast icon to the left of my boat "The White Heron" </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Castle Hill is about 50min from Christchurch and is one of the best <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And also just a cool place to hang out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my favorite place in the world. The Arahura valley </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And when you get to the top Newton hut awaits you .<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-62949800107591029212011-09-20T23:34:00.000-07:002011-12-11T00:19:44.937-08:00Manuherikia Creek<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>ell this is the first creek I have paddled since February 18<sup>Th.</sup> the day I went under the knife. I am pretty happy sitting here writing this as the shoulder came through all good, its probably at about 80% so not rushing back into it to hard. Manuherikia<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"> </span></span>creek is a cool wee class four run in Central Otago the landscape here isn't really suited for creeking so thats why it makes this wee gem a must do when the snow starts to melts. Here are some screen shoots and a cheeky we clip. Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/pmDR7z3zKkQ?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-85396012906126435212011-08-28T15:05:00.000-07:002011-08-28T15:05:52.947-07:00Bring On Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">W</span>ell there hasn't been much happing here on the paddling front as things have been a tad to cold and the motivation to get out on the flat water when there is a foot of snow around is very low. The shoulder is still on the mend, not 100% but that will be wile away yet fingers cross ill be up and running by summer. So with the kayak tucked away in the shed for the mean time it was time to don on the boots and head into the hills to look for some new runs. Of the five runs three of them looked “good to go” with a bit of rain and there are another four still in the bank waiting to get cheeked out ill keep you posted. Along with a bit of hiking there as also be a whole bunch of riding being done in and around the Southern Alps. I am now in Wanaka on teaching placement and making the most of the snow wile it last. The school is about 40 minutes from the school gate to the top of the mountain and thats were we will be found most afternoons. Being an outdoor ed teacher at this school is a dream job!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">Here are some pictures from what I have been up to lately enjoy. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br />
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jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-64987324456225171842011-07-24T02:35:00.000-07:002011-07-24T02:42:50.852-07:00The North Island of New Zealand<div style="text-align: center;">I got the chance at the start of this year to check out what the north of New Zealand had to offer. Starting in Rotoura then up and around the East Cape, down to the bay then across to Raglan then onto the Coromandel. Here are some pictures to fill in the next few minutes of your life. </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><img height="63px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_6cIIcnn6REvjMQJ4cEHP6NYk5zhx1vv-ToKkNK9drumSBhdQklXop9oVhW3BGhxWq4-Y1Mdpy7jWjq3grzvPQ0o27GHiSirGMyXFqSnjcg2In0fdncaw8dxLTY7_OqGIweeEx_o1YM/s400/DSC_0443.JPG" style="filter: alpha(opacity=30); left: 412px; mozopacity: 0.3; opacity: 0.3; position: absolute; top: 1198px; visibility: hidden;" width="96px" /> <div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-10561715249797834262011-06-23T21:56:00.000-07:002011-06-23T21:56:58.600-07:00The Kid With The Huge HeartM<span style="font-family: Calibri;">y first North island trip started off In the summer of 08 when I pulled into the Wairor river parking lot upon getting changed this tall blond hair joker comes up to myself and Sam and says “ you fullers going for a run, mind if I join”.. “sure “ I am shocking at remembering <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>people’s names so we jumped on and down we went at the take out I remember this “guy” being full of life and just so stoked and I was thinking to myself man this guy has energy. So as the summer rolled it was back to studying at cpit the first day involves the whole course getting together for a bit of a meet and great being the “cool” 3<sup>rd</sup> years we strutted on in to a hall packed with 200 or so people and I hear this cry of “JARED BRO” I look up and see this “GUY” and I am thinking shit, shit, name, name come to me and it did for some reason I don’t know why but it did. Simon was that “GUYS” name so I sat down and we yarned the whole way through the instructions that we were given for the day. So when it was time to move we didn’t have a clue what to do or where to go so the words that I was just about to hear next out of Simons mouth just made day “should we just go for a beer bro” my eyes light up and my smile gets bigger and bigger “fucking ay” I say, I knew from this point I had just made a bloody good mate.</span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What followed was a year of fun, laughter, and good boating this was all because of the presents of Mr S Davidson whether we were <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>talking about code, bitches( and only Simon know what I am on about here) or boating the kid had it all. I can sit here and list a million ways to describe what kind of person Simon is but I’ll be here for the next week! The people that new Simon <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have had their life enriched somewhat and that’s something special each and every one will hold close to their hearts for ever. I want to say rest in peace but I don’t think this term is appropriate for you Simon because I know where ever you are you won’t be resting you will be that same bright bubbly kid that’s just full of energy. So what I will say is keep going hard where ever you maybe just like you did down here. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">If you don’t know what I am referring to well that was state of my shoulder after a West Coast summer then 3 months in California and then another West Coast summer. I first injured it back in 2009 at the end of the rugby session but there was no time for rest for the upcoming Nz and Cali summer. But hay on the bright side the the U S of A have some bloody good pain killers so I chewed on them for the whole time I was over there and also when I got back. So under the knife it was. The operation went well so they said and now two months after I am back on the flat water re building. The pain is still their but is slowly going away I hope to be back in a boat by August and ready for the southern hemisphere session. </span></div><div align="left"><span style="background-color: black;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The start of the Styx hardman race</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kakariki Canyon Hokitika river</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSXJpb643MpfPEnnsHSs6Xwxx-rbsQU15Nf-6OxrFSKOK6HGpqa-CFcRgcN-In07QmPG0953Ax-DExIFq7i1C7AFSY-ELRcMzmts57O0keHB5GF1iYpBoUV8Nd4aBXND3Ky4_vB1h9pc/s1600/DSC_0295.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSXJpb643MpfPEnnsHSs6Xwxx-rbsQU15Nf-6OxrFSKOK6HGpqa-CFcRgcN-In07QmPG0953Ax-DExIFq7i1C7AFSY-ELRcMzmts57O0keHB5GF1iYpBoUV8Nd4aBXND3Ky4_vB1h9pc/s320/DSC_0295.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Its getting cold so you will be seeing more of this </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Yes josh that is how you grow a mo. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Nothing beats a the New Zealand back country </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> The beautiful Whitcomb valley</div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-34176465503510741342011-01-27T01:36:00.000-08:002011-01-27T01:50:05.458-08:00The Upper Upper 2 Day PerthThe 2 day Perth is a must do for anyone coming to the coast. The scenery is stunning and to top it off the paddling is splendid. This trip didn’t get off to the best of starts. Eddie Murphy forgot his spray deck and the pilot turned up in the wrong helicopter (as you do). After an hour and a half of fluffing around we were airborne, looking down on the Perth Valley with a grin from ear to ear. The plan was to fly at 3 pm as this gave Trent Granham ample time to finish flying his own clients around Frany J and make the mad dash up the road to meet the awaiting chopper. Mid-air we passed Scone Hut and soon after we were due to identify our landing spot. But hmmmmm maybe the Christmas floods had washed away our once marked landing target?<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566797556282099074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVaZ2_NFQwsKPMEwBwQTXZClzes6VSp4UfXtnJbMXdzYKAp3-e9ibzElh70auz1wvqCurVDR9zEdM9UAeyljrIsNwyyX6X5r5I3qRxb0AxS8G9IC03ZQod6zdsi84mbujy329tvBxhO-I/s320/P1010407.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566798240856225426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRvVO7ZmWolvF_umOXxNwFUrv7fUC65RraT2W5X66pDiCUYo9ikfQNO6pR6TLhDSAzlTs8G1MEiYSjkj7D8hueqRqXIcz9eeXdQUsqHo91TPSlvrGQn2Hr5U6xItoOolu9ZW1iXgKN2S4/s320/P1010410.JPG" border="0" />We reached the put in at around 4.30 pm expecting a ‘leisurely’ two or three hour paddle back to Scone Hutt. Being the only person to have done the two day Perth, I knew most of the lines so the word was, “just read and run, there are two bigger rapids that you might want to look at.” As we paddle down I contemplate to myself, ‘shit a lot of stuff has changed in here.” I’m starting to get a few odd looks from the boys and clearly as courteously mentioned by Trent “This shits not f**King read and run.” CLICK! and whoops! It appears we had been kindly dropped a lot higher than the normal 2 day Perth run. This top section has only been done a handful of times and I have heard it had taken a generous six hours to Scone Hut. We did not have 6 hour to spear neither did the disappearing sun. Needless to say we got the skates on, and just like Tiger, we went for it.<br /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566798245667549922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB4sg6g3fObaWtEQ5x4ajU3KGlfNBkK94qcWxvojPw0jwoVq_uixuVl74WGG36GLKmSp_KFxrBMCd_8qOwyABrzVGNQJGaNlEabELUGrBDzVgXqPkjWu7a980K2nClhkWGXZ1S5K6UgFs/s320/P1010414.JPG" border="0" /> Trent Granham classy as always<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566798247255303954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgaGXGdbnEgStmKO2dPrGsYUv1v8BPkZudVRHSKbnZgaBNsq5nbqu3OCuHHbmzNb9ahzqppe5iYQ9sc6UAW1OveZClJnqzF0Xzz7Uo_OBvR1Tt3Rwosc70fww0clXiGT17JQItes6mFA/s320/P1010418.JPG" border="0" />If you are flying in the morning this section would be a sick addition as there are copious amounts of long class five rapids that are all good to go. Arriving at the Hutt at around 8.30 pm to find five DOC workers in a six man hut wasn’t what we were hoping for. So under the stars it was. Day two is nothing but class right down to the confluence of the Whataroa. After an enthralling trip we were looking forward to cracking open an ale. Murphy then had the grim task of informing his severely dehydrated (beerdrated) crew that he had in fact given away his dozen to the American who had kindly lent him his spray deck.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566798248422437362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAllGx8uFTuvSOiI-B-NEkrlpn8YY5v3k8-wkA_1L0tHii1zbIgyh1GW9agy0KIKrfQ-gKC-cOEzC5n1X2cdZ7Ta3ukeVUX4Oj_oaZo890ztbElrN0bvY1JWjEaciYaK_dyGboFIiO1PE/s320/P1010456.JPG" border="0" /><br /> Sean Manchester getting it done on day 2<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566798252851741970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpvm-M5Zn2Vn1QLAnpq3tHgPIoBobNdL5FzyBFJ0Mhb2U-taAfbf7aO2Hxt0t0T0q3TIaqSWj2DYx8CmtSkuCTXtoU_-h0rcFLqroKx6r-YWR2H5O2yccE6M7o85TEe2X4YWZLgn_FwmM/s320/P1010505.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku8uH5hcCIU-toKPYpWtXUJ2laTylKuhPb0VMW32BJs4RcWSxqg5vI1ISk20Kq-sgeWZ8QqFCpJ2nSsWa7RzRgkOtmxF4CtwRr7NibGzACR24Q1_qkbCjc-hgv9tS84A9ek8itwDjXuk/s1600/P1010510.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566798547870105874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku8uH5hcCIU-toKPYpWtXUJ2laTylKuhPb0VMW32BJs4RcWSxqg5vI1ISk20Kq-sgeWZ8QqFCpJ2nSsWa7RzRgkOtmxF4CtwRr7NibGzACR24Q1_qkbCjc-hgv9tS84A9ek8itwDjXuk/s320/P1010510.JPG" border="0" /></a> Apologies about the shithouse pictures. All I had was my wee point and shoot. My SLR has craped itself.<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-29919861196591102372011-01-20T01:38:00.000-08:002011-01-20T01:45:48.536-08:00Citroen Extreme Kayak New Zealand ChampionshipCheck this out and just remember .You are all Champions in your own way. That doesn't mean you have to be number 1 or be the best. Just do your best. If you aren't first, then make those people ahead of you break records by pushing them with your personal best. Consider for a moment what we achieve from athletics - the sheer fun of competing - the building of a healthy and alert mind and body - stamina, courage, perseverance, dedication, commitment, selflessness and most importantly, the will to excel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.citroenextremerace.blogspot.com/">www.citroenextremerace.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />P.S stay tuned I have been on the hunt and have found some huge drops and good creeks !jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-33471649315000721422010-10-28T16:44:00.000-07:002010-11-10T23:41:23.464-08:00The Last Call<span style="font-size:180%;">Today</span> one of New Zealand’s most famous drops has gone and I can’t see it coming back any time soon. The Arahura has changed somewhat since the release of Graham Charles’ White Water Guide. The 2008 flood took out what is known as Dent Fall’s, causing the huge rock on the left hand side to fall into the main drop. Curtain Call was one of New Zealand’s most recognised drops.<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533248597544100034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBnhAEgBr5tBw5BsIJJC13P5S6P5DQv1t6ZxgiBz8dclvuIpsLvZFYGo89PtmDHDrmaRt_rQXMZNm5Emckj8Zvzyvv476U43BL_UYGHfcxOTFJhhyphenhyphen-BlQ6m4sDg-C_UQN_3LJuWuveoM/s320/DSC_0088.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533248582464556354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hUqoKklr-g8j_NMNWgguGCyxSofdYMMFdt2FReSSipmYYqkwanUbaXzx3ebx-fCfC60ZPsp97pu3goYszb3qIsDluwrWo26-q2_Brz3KkOOeHuCy0in1xTDCVF1JszImZTDVsuMWvWo/s320/IMG_7220.JPG" border="0" /> I could almost guarantee that everyone who has been into the Arahura would have a picture tucked away somewhere of themselves running this wee gem. The huge rock on river right, that formed the drop, has fallen in and formed a funky wee curler thingy. There have also been other changes to another three or four rapids, most of which are for the better, like with dent falls. </div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533248587719752914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsJodIMJORoUbC2BlJAHeRXCNwfW3LDmjeWlOSKjUhgmxlCiQE3Es25NWFKBV6NO5NUYdMtrO6U-p29VqW8Noy91l7QPjDYlCf5tBi89POvkMKLfmxoJ2x-1OKXxPwJJ5NI47EOpHPqY/s320/IMG_7255.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfJYqivhpfTarlHRdKgRJMTZCgdLqQ5KZL0hskrEDso9EKbZLKsRxi82W0zR0_wZjARM8xJq_oZa1emEgJD8tYixtbIof8iW70LZB-P7RL5iUATy8sZE-hNaAIu-UBVR7u-IZB5JtRM4/s1600/IMG_7312.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533248611353215202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfJYqivhpfTarlHRdKgRJMTZCgdLqQ5KZL0hskrEDso9EKbZLKsRxi82W0zR0_wZjARM8xJq_oZa1emEgJD8tYixtbIof8iW70LZB-P7RL5iUATy8sZE-hNaAIu-UBVR7u-IZB5JtRM4/s320/IMG_7312.JPG" border="0" /></a> <div></div>I am not too sure if anyone has run it since the 2008 floods, but it now goes. However, you need a medium to high flow and it is still a stout drop with sieves on both sides of you. It starts off with a small boof on the centre left, after this you have a wee bit of time to gather your thoughts before entering the crux of the move.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533249553634405570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBOGQmWgLJFq-3-PP3eR8Bkj4Mp3Ef3OkqjzTfMhqcV9vre3QzYJiE065omTzq4_rzKtO4U05uzPZIfCAxkBE0GDHH09ayeED3hCLMJ95wAVOv-khAbVqAyH4PCR3rvKDtTzv9H1Lkps/s320/IMG_7316.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533248602907971554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR9EhcD_fZt829v5Od70sP4YW5NzsHchdkWd3nNkZdsUIOg8SKA7V6g840y1ZcG-diGhDeNZSLm4IBW5Yu7yBNjbURn-tEQQvuGVMpzAJSPq46i_uBPvdcAldKogybZRFA65W4xswgBss/s320/DSC_0130.JPG" border="0" /> A five foot boof pushes towards the perfectly situated sieve on river left. You need to run this hard right with a big boof, upon landing avoid the rock and head back to the centre right then off the main falls.I’m unsure whether the changes to the river are from the recent earthquake, the winter floods, or a combination of the both. However, because of the changes, you may want to pop your head around the corner before bombing into anything.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533249557671898034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoihVK2S9tbJkjbpcEMMv4YzgY7vaSGj3MxFe2nyjrk9NQ739sG55hlDN7KjSvelCRKhdy-fou3kgcX6mERMQiKy8T8Ch-009PohzgzccJKq4VelIva-VOhZPh5WsKLbR1_rykoPo-jHs/s320/IMG_7317.JPG" border="0" /><br />Here is a picture of Keith riley running air mail on the upper kakapotahi the day before<br /><div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533249563146485954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfofajCu4ykQDWlVqpdmEM29KLBazTo8H9FTZJRt3QR8uNBJFeVR_2koXMpdBdaxv9goUjSjHZbKmYl64cEmTWdPAJlrLmC1q5OMNF6qllge3UDyJeYy92U3gSCmAjJYD2qV2awYH_008/s320/DSC_0077.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-34425269708615480322010-09-15T18:29:00.000-07:002010-09-15T23:58:51.007-07:00A Long Time Over DueSo I am back in action after a 3 month stint in California, not having a laptop with me made it quite hard to update the old blog so I left that up to the other boys which was done very well, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">chur</span> to that. California was an experience words cannot explain with warm weather cheap beers and good looking women o and the kayaking was world class to. I am not going to try and tell you how good it was it’s up to you to go there and experience it for yourself Ill chuck up some pictures of the good times that was California.<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517392130054191458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJSVVWTP95IMiaj6VCQ_zzQjg7gGe-QGHByV_5GdoX9EWZiekGvURawGUhy9KeDEos4OGOgQatOqiNfojkuYnq_fsD4wdmewGs2ClxpSXp5_RDzb9nEjZkkif6_4RRHj6uMjxBHXBfBoE/s320/GOPR0274.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517392113958882002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpmiyGvRdCrN-hmfhGnYUBCnHrV3O7Gw5FXqo-fiFXGuW1PnfrTwsA87b1EKofbDlyzAJy97n8qynvjurSo0-IfeqIuuJdh77KgCUr_ox4zjXfPhvRDziO-K4nOa5eAqVsbgPsOcFWIM/s320/DSC_0100.JPG" border="0" />In my return I haven’t been up to much as people would know in Cali I had an addiction to “ candy” ( pain killers) for my should that was playing up from the pasted rugby session. At the time I thought it was just muscle injury so when I got back I decided to go get it cheeked out. After getting X amounts on injections to pump my shoulder full of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">roids</span> I finally went for an x-ray and low and behold there it was a broken collar bone and also a small dislocation. Bugger! So after 6 months with it broken and 3 of those months paddling nonstop in Cali I thought what the hell what’s another week worth. So Trent <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Garnham</span> Andy England and myself headed to the far south of the West Coast to check out what the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Makawhio</span> and the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Moeraki</span> had to offer.<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517389564223427218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBgQY_5f1Br39VwfXaCWAFT-KKB5Bl4l3QanniBf1u5ViNCq6_2prWF3dVJ6v2jUr-x7qrEeELoVjQVYkwWaJ3YxdZbGR5CBMHFf_h-6btSybhXFWpS4aoIeGOmLgHvwyz8RJ4a9oMAc/s320/DSC_0139.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKGAW78s-eHtmIrwVM6s5EUQXIIkC960jLOnP4LuW1iKHI_yVgoH4ttYXo1oheJNwQtwH1ILOG1ObmWSVs2ofL2R-wa1DGs8EchkTD7AKtvufJ_bdDQr0z6uzyWq29HO5R0AZs89z-8Y/s1600/money+shot+jared.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517389552287946434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCKGAW78s-eHtmIrwVM6s5EUQXIIkC960jLOnP4LuW1iKHI_yVgoH4ttYXo1oheJNwQtwH1ILOG1ObmWSVs2ofL2R-wa1DGs8EchkTD7AKtvufJ_bdDQr0z6uzyWq29HO5R0AZs89z-8Y/s320/money+shot+jared.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Makawhio</span> is situated 30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">mins</span> South of Fox and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Moeraki</span> about an hour from Fox . First on the list was the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Moeraki</span> with the boats strapped to our back you start walking through amazing beach forest, putting in off the side of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Haast</span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Paringa</span> Cattle Track, directly underneath the swing bridge, 400m before you get to Blue River (Blowfly) Hut was the plan. But we ended up walking another 45min up the valley to find even more fantastic white water.<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">From</span> where we put on you could see even more white water upstream but as time was against us. From here it starts off with some read and run class four right down to the swing bridge, here on is where the action starts with some steep 4+ 5 white water some previous teams had described the run as followed …”<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBELpZSKhFzp_6vGUhwptiauRr38X4JCoPRnLVkxQ3rJbLp6Hmjz0Odoa3vGWzN4Gx1qdni5Hj8CNpFl0uM6b4QtDYZEM7wwYFJnri5XhDMUehaOp8i_ZDmGx3laBeIRwIMJ7MxkCy8M4/s1600/GOPR0251.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517387203307997954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBELpZSKhFzp_6vGUhwptiauRr38X4JCoPRnLVkxQ3rJbLp6Hmjz0Odoa3vGWzN4Gx1qdni5Hj8CNpFl0uM6b4QtDYZEM7wwYFJnri5XhDMUehaOp8i_ZDmGx3laBeIRwIMJ7MxkCy8M4/s320/GOPR0251.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517387194132118562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhms0gAgpmaNtg9kdemsGaOpWaHojCFAM0XCk3TXOT8yKAYXVRVgSFOPHihSCb_NPSq2N3WyZe1Cls7u2pCNEVHjnB85Eu28R_jtu3Tmiv7Ba_JihTvQzoq13CluZQ9zxxRLP7dP8xIKG0/s320/DSC_0382.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div>“<em>We then had a few <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">km's</span> of steep, busy, grade 4, with 3 rapids that we had to portage, 2 of which will likely not be run, least defiantly not by me for sure on that one. They sieve out to hell and back, the third portage could be run, a 4m drop, if we had a bit more water through the river, the rest is beautiful boulder gardens, lots of tight lines and good fun boating, down to a flat water paddle past a river wide choke of trees for half a km, before one last rapid and the take out on the side of the State Highway 6, by Boulder Creek, a couple of km before the river hits Lake <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Moeraki</span>”.<br /></em><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSzir-2w2EiLxyd4Fzt9gn5-8JzuPT9AS3iHBDQobqf3mz-juv7VCjuXOz8divCdC3JXQh0mI4f2eBmgy1KKB1R_SEIIPN0Na1tmkSOC_Frm7OvlZ7hdYtl_WOX12Fw0lH37XQVJT2Jw/s1600/IMG_5366.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517386566780293138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSzir-2w2EiLxyd4Fzt9gn5-8JzuPT9AS3iHBDQobqf3mz-juv7VCjuXOz8divCdC3JXQh0mI4f2eBmgy1KKB1R_SEIIPN0Na1tmkSOC_Frm7OvlZ7hdYtl_WOX12Fw0lH37XQVJT2Jw/s320/IMG_5366.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517386554441795330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhciQkGzo6yiOAhvyve0C4AqOaTSQLXkRg3GW2uRWNaoX_Ah70qlTUortcB_LAwECfGK-zvBxqtr30MAEN-cUCAEMvRSS_JIArL6oPyUupXyd5nRfLCI7ne7o_0Uc2dvT2CAuJZik9_32Q/s320/IMG_5928.JPG" border="0" />From this description the river seemed to have changed as all good rivers on the coast do, there were few trees but still lots of sieves and lots of gradient. I managed to run everything but one sieved out heap of crap rapid as some of the portages looked harder and the rapid as Andy and Trent shins found out. All and all the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Moeraki</span> river is a must do if you are coming up from down south or you’re a just keen to for a bit of a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">mish</span> it is well worth the effort and u will not be let down. From here we head back to Fox for a well-deserved beer and some fish n chips.bro !.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517385328693788770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2q7KnTqXl5sidmOCxvOObqQ38mD5lcNlNGPi2C56nQsRxWs5ZEKdesbT6VBV3tgjCZ4PQJP5T1kFwWNgEtMJ-nwr-3cQCTLuDEElEqKt27ZtxT_NJqkLoAustiHa_3xKNIFWtSgna5fY/s320/IMG_5585.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517334078877128610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje12CJ13BiI0OryjFD4nVOhcIsOipkIcVt7X0iGRAKQZntA3HGgASBCKLekFRnih9P98hlnpL7d1fWqbYsZD83uYiO09YmG9uWlMfNBTloepqUefWh1zHaAq59M1KpxwszqSoE87wh89s/s320/DSC_0150.JPG" border="0" /><br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Makawhio</span> is a river that has only seen to other team in there before us according to James Scott. We flew into just below the main gorge were after dropping the boats we few up to check it out from the air. It looked very steep and that’s saying something if it looks seep from the air. Most of it looked like it <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">doesn</span>’t go as yes u guessed it, it flows into sieves but there is a bit here and there that douse run and might be worth a look. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Makawhio</span> river <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">isn</span>’t the hardest river in the world with it starting off with quite a bit of class four and then heaps of class three. There is enough to keep you entertained. But what makes this river so cool is that you can only get down this valley this by kayak, there is no tracks and no sign of people what so ever .This landscape will is mine blowing and it will keep you<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517330917196963218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvfVPiehcjlTynToO_UW2yWBib5sjhyphenhyphenBEcF09BVjwWnKxBsi_umiQoVTOCxk_e6Uw2UhTkVjUzEvvD0dTNTWNf8_FAhKe2FEWSgYk_zs0Qss6J7xU5kwdSYhUBnRAYVn7wNfdAwQUWkM/s320/IMGP0764.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517322655266268818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 78px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG_UBvT2dZECiyvROQ47NM0GuBQrt0RK4CquKSazAPUj9sNMO_ETaWL06i466-SrJfzU1SVguiBcWC14fCNn2CgR66HYyig_W6EW2fUIHPFRPR08l86wo8aZqcPDTaaIQUloCIj1OJens/s320/IMGP1069.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517318081571073122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyz6jpVtCJUvODH0ZfSEjf477mPwLuuTPv69rg1WEjaDau3GBGTFgvIAJ_-ysLcaFF0eLVMUSOMsa7fRQC3TuwoX1mFR_wUOcpVkjKpakRlsV55-VFbFsM1CiZzMgYMJkjp6a8yMtRZvk/s320/P1020278.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-12147586167269349992010-02-11T17:55:00.000-08:002010-02-15T14:14:07.755-08:00Summer loving happend so fast.....<div align="left">Well the Coast has had it all this summer from the 3 biggest floods that its seen in awhile to it beeing as dry as a nuns c#%t. These flows have offered many different runs from big water Arahura and RGC to your stock standed coast runs.</div><div align="left">For me January was a month of boating with no job to tie me down many styx trips and other walking were ticked off and off course the odd fly in. February has been a bit of a low as I have done my shoulder in "shagged the A.C" but nothing the odd roid injuction won"t fix. I have also have landed my self a job at Westland high school teaching year 12 and 13 kids to kayak so time is at at a loss but hay i am still kayaking and getting payed for it what more could you want. </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">check some shots out of whats been happing in this neck of the woods I think most of them are taken by Barny Young </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437177951778780594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirgJ1NAlPz9ElN8Ur1Y_cG3r4H_UEBBQ_3bXoOB-CZ8zcDkLZKQ9thB0h399oKRYiKkg4yWk78_bdYwu51iyDdW8f8wK3tfmn4dyUmkoMG8Kafc_DctkB80pPbd1LOwLe5Ayp35-tQcxk/s320/P1110326.JPG" /></div><div align="center">Cheeking out R.G.C but she was a bit low to run</div><div align="center">Barny Young climbing up the left hand side just shows </div><div align="center">how steep this bad boy is.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzBtHCeOiWlGyMErhAC8wMmNcI9GB_Hnkoe-m0y8b2PORT_4wP1X75nyy2KwVO1XhSWa9AtvYIXSW-Lpq-SdyADhX4rFjreNxQ64vKpy2B0te_FOEAZyohyphenhyphen_oJ33ZTMZbbKt_9CGobkU/s1600-h/P1110325.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437177937296891826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzBtHCeOiWlGyMErhAC8wMmNcI9GB_Hnkoe-m0y8b2PORT_4wP1X75nyy2KwVO1XhSWa9AtvYIXSW-Lpq-SdyADhX4rFjreNxQ64vKpy2B0te_FOEAZyohyphenhyphen_oJ33ZTMZbbKt_9CGobkU/s320/P1110325.JPG" /></a><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif2esYgDArdDnq1uXhKc7JZGw8XqygOx2lKE9vW9Q6Dw_IQj7ecJ6K13ZNKaNM6Xl1wkYhAcUrPSoIhsaHbuAuq_OveGWbGJNUoeAWF5ZfM3d-FyaitfmJWqJ6nBy8r3z-cjCqpougjU/s1600-h/P1110334.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437177144714985282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif2esYgDArdDnq1uXhKc7JZGw8XqygOx2lKE9vW9Q6Dw_IQj7ecJ6K13ZNKaNM6Xl1wkYhAcUrPSoIhsaHbuAuq_OveGWbGJNUoeAWF5ZfM3d-FyaitfmJWqJ6nBy8r3z-cjCqpougjU/s320/P1110334.JPG" /></a> Dlyan Thompson on postmans on the upper kakas<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437176356922281090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCtoaNLYD2uzcgY31scbF_Jhpu82LkMMMbQ4OdtChbmEs5e9s1f4rbBTAHy2HO0BfBqT5Q3O1kYcT0C9YWSiI_e5HYE-27X4HY680ecXZCcTzxMEzY0NoBOj_mRAJQ_rBFUD2p_1GSsAE/s320/P1110114.JPG" /> </div><div align="center">Keith Riley on the slide drop upper kakas<br /><br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437176346130289666" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5rALhodxlYaIOVz7-wHMxm9XrQXsA_yEDRrPMhy8ikfYJcBx5kr3uaFRWCX7QwE8sSXvvyHcykBoS2XTxv4mKW8D7jJP-1Oa9cjoCQkFL6Ef7khOVd8Bxz27PZGumlfKUMS2Z72ahjo/s320/P1110117.JPG" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437176336874460642" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkdx0a74HQWUWAX4tBvJwQU_RYPcWpzgB_D9n0DWEL6uFzVwxm6N96tPgQMZliTnaWOuwKcIsWW60u6L92D6gbt4CbUfpyfv3jRFsyCHvYrrrX4H_269FsqVHywGPHGxsDJD2AyAMiYI4/s320/P1110115.JPG" /> <div align="center">Myself getting it done<br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437176324576660706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPP3ijEyjVbRjzPXOWIXAu7CTJCXsCKtmoZudZm1aqNJPA9qc7QwevWiT90zJOgKxiDVhZE-ZY0G8lmtW8dniyuhznKu2k8FSxBQyK1eTUbMhyGGmbvQFpy6NkWKQ7B6YUNHALJLDlVgE/s320/P1110113.JPG" /> </div><div align="center">Keith Riley and Dylan Thopson fighting it </div><div align="center">out on the upper kakas </div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437174917079488738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_AMBpmtej73od0peW6HteAxV7-a85_atf-TGPSjSsMQSG1IUNw3YGNKpUYxEmZzeiRcTb7uKVNT9jmi1UW186cE6ffPdCaRr5hUup9xH8RaImAiFsqLqEkMtDJM1kwNO5Jx3eDoIBN0/s320/P1080087.JPG" /> </div><div align="center">Barny Young droping air mail<br /><br /></div><p align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437174909098009442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFdWcaUG7i2hr0fosPtlfabQJ6Jye_WMrNw8KPf5UR47Fm1HJ7hoVY3AuP7mXTNTtDpebymBOP0lRjR36qo6nNkyzt5X132aQ1VArGanE5iJCgm0RsxlKDNsPWwduquX2wEK3K9K585_o/s320/P1080092.JPG" /> </p><p align="center">JJ shepherd doing what he does best </p><p align="center"><br /></p><div align="left"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437177137110368482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSfGUT9CAdCBrmiTnFsaRuWLDnwtfwYvWv53BF2_-381NBQ_WVRfcYEc2QBVeXPWQ5wbRW8xv29dm8dop5B7LFCnp03-pQkBSYgByqSBiFIsZ-Cp-WLmi5DljA948Kx7oTBo3M91282a0/s320/P1090303.JPG" /> </div><div align="center">Cess pit at full tit<br /><br /></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437174936223327858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbjRYBU0uw-AhGFkOYSTfXD6nYn5untgu9XJ91ujZBwJyCkUtK228ftBIDEdntE1nsnztbTb2YQCXXQ2m_fxC40nHjE1wErkaDhLil6l0D3mDcHIA8LM5AsepgogIvH1wt66vQPmh_mY/s320/P1090103.JPG" /> <p align="center">Don't swim on a BIG Arahura, Brandon gets it wrong </p><p align="center">and yes that is a SLR and yes it is F$%ked.<br /></p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437174923354679538" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwlX1gzHlCg1nEYDDo79qd7dT0ABXc6T3D02lMyN5_CczuZnekwuHEs-LHSAWc-mxlvPPfuEx2dOj7CeiwxhXIubgAksR7xe0MPSNS3_pFUkDOhk6mo_qleko3FaQ_ou7qA9Wh1J_wEY/s320/P1090097.JPG" /> <p align="center">This the only shot we got for the day shit was moving way to fast </p><p align="center">Ben Bralow "nose up" was the call for the day<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437174895067413570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkc52XF9KlNGr6boH5OIAbCtCz6zq-mqFTryYCWEqD5VPa9LkPIG-4QyWsmd_D3cefqwbB35cCQOZ4WyYo-vFRVamKOHWdtynql4kWHnN-KHn9PUzZmbMV6BYHFj1iJCrzgXQo9aa17sU/s320/P1280423.JPG" /> Myself on the Witcombe river</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437173536445999954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijz-dbrRg05cxKN1cTPLyg_tecKP0FRnq6yfZOZr78-T4qprrPAtQJRbXj00hxvOvnG0l-KwA1rzUwcq2Ykd_ZWDdCnuHQeU2CwfIJYagXpMWmY0nA5AYyIB_71SyVonZpAdBN08fMxx4/s320/P1280422.JPG" />Eddie Murphy hitting a sweet boof</p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437173524982241714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4ExWnZ22IcYDrirRO30TQ0rzrkSmOMGEtBQLF3-VEY7Edi0UrWgFWcpkha3Yyj8ZFU2iJJXkYhplxXnauZDWaa1bA1Nq8XSxlwEgPjMGLcEzR6STw241E-nXkvzIGAdUWpH-OXnlCNo/s320/P1280416.JPG" />This was one of the 2 best boofs of the day. Come down</p><p align="center">around the bend hit the kicker and set sail.<br /></p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437173508345663986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR0Ztth3jWVstZPQ3_Seeg9HdQKsaN7EWBs4TpuwKvHLxPnktBJPm6eOH7qfnvlYQhrL1EqNYsjZV7zYNjnXJIKibufEV4G22pShbV7ul4OTOxbsJgZGFLxgpGcivsaaaIv9q4VZ_IEZQ/s320/P1280407.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437173499109298322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2cRAVHqLCYC7afthRvC7L1PSLjNrgUP-uoyOqATMsuNHckagaP4WqRgTpG7qDtTHjFNTntpOT2CtQ6VTU7wnVcca15Tk7RrgX_I45GoPmVYgDDl4HL-8fePRr1rTPcy0ztFbFx7CASY/s320/P1280398.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437173486163743858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUE2WRsYH9JAyJ0akR-vkhrAHvWhE3QWZZG-w9Fb-N9Q7M9lWeELFKFIQp6mt4eEd4DtTik4_BQhh1jHith7wMt08wonGH8fI_uCWdTBLy62Dpsy5mtQSn_BMsLLxeJpD3KCOjUySWtI/s320/P1280405.JPG" />Zac shaw and Jordy Searle on the ever changing </p><p align="center">landslide rapid.</p><p align="center"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171133297227282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYTcOBLtFyRmaFwx-FuPAE-0kFg7csArXF_Tw_474stthj7Z4eVBOx77XVxhkV0onE2qfSfEIRMoGXkRoWUEQ667L_1vKdCFrt92wL-VK05uHC6KvaNo5AN0dtviyknoxGelyYmkUi84/s320/P1280403.JPG" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171140879491810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBzfOK5yo-seGXFQKjSPlvT6JqrnYF-d_QibC9ZyIowyTGy5gWaULNQQzQOJQeyndGpJzzRBCGZ8MxY9LuKu3b1iXoFpBi38zFctiJRDuUdQ3EHHp0mNw2yEehvHLexigF6A9sd5mVTWQ/s320/P1280404.JPG" />B-rain showing how not to do it<br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437171122377273762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkCYEaw0rOVQfGZBm84GJ9rxtt1lfAD5hOw0n3QSsp6AQLgIY26pDeINHEjwgXFdOHVRlrh-YgsGZ2iP0hyphenhyphenpBQ_75tOP6E67Ukgj3bu6yZwSBNtepperS1jetgKnVtpCVpqwGx4sT0es/s320/P1270245.JPG" /><br />I love this shot. Shannon Mast geting his boof on </p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:0;"></span><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-73211810467933720292009-11-11T17:15:00.000-08:002009-11-11T19:10:47.462-08:00Virgins all around<strong><span style="font-size:180%;">A</span></strong>s all good kayak trips are plan over a beer or ten the night before some off the boys were keen to get some coast action before heading home for the summer holidays. So with a plan in hand and a bunch of Arahura virgins what more could you ask for. So after a bloody good hungi and a big night we set sail for a Sunday/Monday trip. Sunday we trotted on into the styx to brush off the cob webs as a few of us hadn’t been in a boat for a while. The flow was a little on the low side but hey it’s the styx. The call was made to dando for a 9.30 am pick up nerves’ were flying high for some of the boys as this was their first major heli trip. Being last to the put in and flying above the boys I could see that they were keen to go and drop some shit so were proceeded on down for a great day out. Chur boys<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AA6i0DiajNRZSdblBUYEm6TzkpItdWisHaSiWIxMS7t6EL5C30YgYf3W78MQISl3wSPMFxfIoSoGgjTnhz7DQhktUWwRwIDXbopG-NIeKc121DJdw_GgLd2xA7CPIxMd8A1pWIe8nUw/s1600-h/PB090209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403021091726848690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AA6i0DiajNRZSdblBUYEm6TzkpItdWisHaSiWIxMS7t6EL5C30YgYf3W78MQISl3wSPMFxfIoSoGgjTnhz7DQhktUWwRwIDXbopG-NIeKc121DJdw_GgLd2xA7CPIxMd8A1pWIe8nUw/s320/PB090209.JPG" border="0" /></a> Aaron droping the last drop of billiards<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXWXFOVtwFh9G3uidg-XgeMEHPPViq8wyDh-c6sZb10wq16llx1mmIDCwip60TmJYBd1CUoSKy77453lX0QUScn839CWT9SECizdvKNIDwgWa3jayPClby6qoQxGqPSuthOdxXQlBJ8A/s1600-h/PB090185.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403021089257892578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXWXFOVtwFh9G3uidg-XgeMEHPPViq8wyDh-c6sZb10wq16llx1mmIDCwip60TmJYBd1CUoSKy77453lX0QUScn839CWT9SECizdvKNIDwgWa3jayPClby6qoQxGqPSuthOdxXQlBJ8A/s320/PB090185.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />myself on billiards<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp_3E7KZZeyevpR-l1nUfXytLB0iezljN09CVNXIKzvhhB6ux8jvfC0hEsAuHJgJhIsL0YshpRIWE2ddLTc0tiAU0liJ8GMZz3xZQ9IsNPw8DJBJU2qFPiOkGUANJHnmX-bVxuzORIVM/s1600-h/PB090177.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403021078598726690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimp_3E7KZZeyevpR-l1nUfXytLB0iezljN09CVNXIKzvhhB6ux8jvfC0hEsAuHJgJhIsL0YshpRIWE2ddLTc0tiAU0liJ8GMZz3xZQ9IsNPw8DJBJU2qFPiOkGUANJHnmX-bVxuzORIVM/s320/PB090177.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZZ9Zag5lI0hHdSO90TwwlIuYxisVJJFa0ixWpKbtAMwikTq72QxfTgObkfiq4LpIOBagEtewrFQzO23llaPlMn3Pmgayg558v20F79fmwYpGKr4MpNed4ebPDpB-5tOYTExmLFvZOzU/s1600-h/PB090165.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403020411569749634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZZ9Zag5lI0hHdSO90TwwlIuYxisVJJFa0ixWpKbtAMwikTq72QxfTgObkfiq4LpIOBagEtewrFQzO23llaPlMn3Pmgayg558v20F79fmwYpGKr4MpNed4ebPDpB-5tOYTExmLFvZOzU/s320/PB090165.JPG" border="0" /></a>Joshy hitting Billiards<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrqe6uoGPOfTAD_oXh7qHtXAJXaRxn2R9H_bE-4drdUy669xH55aJqhGM9yTqKCC-keNZ5FLKbaId1XQHNAKQZo3hxcMubW4Pp494IGrKOOzPf-4zsM9zDTZnQIPQ2W3lCIYAPSkrvXQ/s1600-h/PB090157.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403020405322287538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrqe6uoGPOfTAD_oXh7qHtXAJXaRxn2R9H_bE-4drdUy669xH55aJqhGM9yTqKCC-keNZ5FLKbaId1XQHNAKQZo3hxcMubW4Pp494IGrKOOzPf-4zsM9zDTZnQIPQ2W3lCIYAPSkrvXQ/s320/PB090157.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ7BNGZDLPMmHfLjPCrnunJNjCTyxOinkJC9zVv4_GIXiZc5T954VgjkCQklmRm-aOnPf4wD4TqsRMpvOuLORWv0WbZW9ApbbUXamv-o4FfuU26gP8ydL7yE2OK_CAVrr3DA1qKbnjAw/s1600-h/PB090148.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403020396587299890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZ7BNGZDLPMmHfLjPCrnunJNjCTyxOinkJC9zVv4_GIXiZc5T954VgjkCQklmRm-aOnPf4wD4TqsRMpvOuLORWv0WbZW9ApbbUXamv-o4FfuU26gP8ydL7yE2OK_CAVrr3DA1qKbnjAw/s320/PB090148.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />myself on curtain call<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu_xZZdsehdC5oHCW52nfEqlUjfkimNyMqQXCNMuGu1ZoU2roL7WX7SnzX53V1TKiOHY0SUWpWapt7metBQObkBmTgiaLdrJE3sUE-0eg9EedjoHfddocjk48Gfu_jhqbi1bFYNvbPI8/s1600-h/PB090126.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403020391745940482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqu_xZZdsehdC5oHCW52nfEqlUjfkimNyMqQXCNMuGu1ZoU2roL7WX7SnzX53V1TKiOHY0SUWpWapt7metBQObkBmTgiaLdrJE3sUE-0eg9EedjoHfddocjk48Gfu_jhqbi1bFYNvbPI8/s320/PB090126.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-GZYC7WLZfnotLOHgHIjE9o2veGPiltmtUQ9jEU4DxM6PY6Ury74eRJecV1plrxtVq1Sqpa2JFW3uK-DxKOAcN8mHVfIz-r624tTwCso_ngiCn-dOLiBNyauV9ddF4EZv96w48Y6HLI/s1600-h/PB090106.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403020385077281474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI-GZYC7WLZfnotLOHgHIjE9o2veGPiltmtUQ9jEU4DxM6PY6Ury74eRJecV1plrxtVq1Sqpa2JFW3uK-DxKOAcN8mHVfIz-r624tTwCso_ngiCn-dOLiBNyauV9ddF4EZv96w48Y6HLI/s320/PB090106.JPG" border="0" /></a> Joshy on the first drop of the day, Aaron watching hows its done<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403021094687849378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixo5k5rA88qIsC4sCzHHlN0r3vgkJHFDyU0gCR2K0AYJdBGtgp6aW3uX0yMuu0SxjPHQi3Gd4xEL7YnGZGehkNH_0SxJogHlQIaeQd49MBHHWD3tOCqgjFiUqGYQ1jOUf1Qc30NaLOw6Q/s320/PB090247.JPG" border="0" /><br />Joshy fired this bad boy first and after making it look easy i gave it a go<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403021104279759826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkaalJeyNnhrerL8Blpokbubj154sz_10KJ1YQhBfhrYqaandwVcHjUJMUNRFAPNJ5qXiUySkFH9KTz_NOJsJwEjc5Q3iPxtWZ6FjHKvV7b4BSOJtSqZK68gItw4xd-028e0j9toZGt8/s320/PB090254.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-36147142936834409322009-08-27T21:35:00.000-07:002009-09-07T02:45:35.193-07:00The Crooked<div align="left"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:180%;">W</span>ith the feel of spring in the air and the boys inching <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span>to do some paddling Jamie butters and my self headed to the coast for a couple of days<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>first on the list was the crooked. The crooked in the passed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hasn</span>’t had the best rep with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">CPIT</span> students but hey that’s a whole different story. The walk! Well if you haven’t been in there it probably one of the best walk-ins, (HA year rite) you should do it. Knee high mud and steep banks to craw up provided some of the days best entertainment. Water levels were a little low but all in all a grate day. </span><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">From here we headed to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">hoki</span> and meet up with the 2<sup><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">nd</span></sup> year boys to hit up the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">styx</span>.</span></p><div align="left"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="left"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Sorry for lack of action shots but here are some pictures of the crooked <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span><br /><br /></p></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQySq2m2h4MALeZums2hMyzw8UQL5zTFrug4vVyp3haeJqtt34-Wwe-n8JF9vJmQyEGQIF0B6S6qe4N0E2mPtyQhxYPSmIO78n0Ixn4zsWGUAtfRU8sTOhopP2Q-EMZ04u021E0idserQ/s1600-h/P8200032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374872461164961122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQySq2m2h4MALeZums2hMyzw8UQL5zTFrug4vVyp3haeJqtt34-Wwe-n8JF9vJmQyEGQIF0B6S6qe4N0E2mPtyQhxYPSmIO78n0Ixn4zsWGUAtfRU8sTOhopP2Q-EMZ04u021E0idserQ/s320/P8200032.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">jamie</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">chilln</span> 10min into the walk<br /></p><br /><br /><div align="center"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjvcezGUJiccD_hwe5HakjvTqkSo2JT-u_FI9Gj50EE1AJnjKMgXdy_fn2ogzuXmuWiqEAG9vbXuPxE_dvbE09T9ym6Li_8tbMrmIfnA-uS0IymbQmYPvRm5RHFXon3Icjs6tEgVqOMc/s1600-h/P8200040.JPG"><span style="font-size:0;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374871549061710834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjvcezGUJiccD_hwe5HakjvTqkSo2JT-u_FI9Gj50EE1AJnjKMgXdy_fn2ogzuXmuWiqEAG9vbXuPxE_dvbE09T9ym6Li_8tbMrmIfnA-uS0IymbQmYPvRm5RHFXon3Icjs6tEgVqOMc/s320/P8200040.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">jamie</span> getting it done<br /></p><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374871007804503234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmX6mdadCMFSCqubeP2qCIyGLAWEhn_h5uRV-PexddJkkWFE2gEJjpTtxIow-I8WmQJVKvrowFPVVhiwTaghkbcUudoZlCBaLrnB3PD8SKw4Vqd4yB38hmjONn9fsUVz3wXKnWNOejX4/s320/P8200038.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLd5SCd8JHvTQfQi4n_oSlxtBwzScFmpaEmhwyU8z_0ibfFwP-l8XSyk7WmjQOAGwY4zaxt9YmN0BfPynucysdf-2dHytwFNmN8BYhk07RePUutZPtF1fKySpD0ImnlVz2CHXUCDtR6I/s1600-h/P8200040.JPG"></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">jamie</span> and but but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">laping</span> up the rays </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></p></div><div><div align="center"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSuRB6AErQCqn7-hQN81efd1kojfaCK0uEE-XwpXE7FgdJHeWRj7rnwIjq_qsGJm6dqNe8KC9p-B3B5mFZwwCLirdBI4hLosS4FGH66Tq4vV5nFaNyYRWkTn4zYeYLzruG0U_lygrksU/s1600-h/P8200037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374870584265145986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNSuRB6AErQCqn7-hQN81efd1kojfaCK0uEE-XwpXE7FgdJHeWRj7rnwIjq_qsGJm6dqNe8KC9p-B3B5mFZwwCLirdBI4hLosS4FGH66Tq4vV5nFaNyYRWkTn4zYeYLzruG0U_lygrksU/s320/P8200037.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">oooooooooo</span> year </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></p></div></div><div align="center"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQ62TVwqf0oAm0TtMhd1k1eay4Tfe4YtUMBgzs5qcZ7JicarbgoDOa9LjTEySYdV1E0bvS_5xl2eEDGz4bPZAkSsgVKbIDCKyGdbbdGU7_BPce3nRDCdoguubRc0CLYpGx5KXDDEaE6A/s1600-h/P8200034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374870575410521234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeQ62TVwqf0oAm0TtMhd1k1eay4Tfe4YtUMBgzs5qcZ7JicarbgoDOa9LjTEySYdV1E0bvS_5xl2eEDGz4bPZAkSsgVKbIDCKyGdbbdGU7_BPce3nRDCdoguubRc0CLYpGx5KXDDEaE6A/s320/P8200034.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyT1wMAj8N3qYxvcF2RbWsP0Pv-1fyn4vD2-M7THYn2iYOhRaY6RbxvWFRUIaN_EEoIAVp87BmH2uqT5VMTmhqUuGV8Jf0ugF81S6PFF_Z_mcmQpnhqZDFXcGVQvAl-hx505MQ3VyT-g/s1600-h/P8200030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374870558869737058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyT1wMAj8N3qYxvcF2RbWsP0Pv-1fyn4vD2-M7THYn2iYOhRaY6RbxvWFRUIaN_EEoIAVp87BmH2uqT5VMTmhqUuGV8Jf0ugF81S6PFF_Z_mcmQpnhqZDFXcGVQvAl-hx505MQ3VyT-g/s320/P8200030.JPG" border="0" /></a> yep <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">thats</span> a whole heap of mud<br /></p></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmMtSUZn7LZX_PkCvkFGhPchBeh2b1Hd70xmFSlT_TsiBF3iHYXoJ4FQpDXEGmdyH6OKOc7iwrfbHTaTjxZRSpIxul5llcuc-V273W5hZ-qhfZAJSVIB521iKlp58Yc0gSZjSPAwG-jA/s1600-h/P8200029.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374870551166314978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinmMtSUZn7LZX_PkCvkFGhPchBeh2b1Hd70xmFSlT_TsiBF3iHYXoJ4FQpDXEGmdyH6OKOc7iwrfbHTaTjxZRSpIxul5llcuc-V273W5hZ-qhfZAJSVIB521iKlp58Yc0gSZjSPAwG-jA/s320/P8200029.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-22647797173049369532009-07-13T15:37:00.000-07:002009-07-13T15:49:05.634-07:00Mountain DaysI think I may have had one of the best week snowboarding. First it started at mount Lyford where the days menu was powder with a dump of around 50cm the night before how could we resist. Getting up the mount with Scotty’s old lady’s truck with road tires on was a piece of piss and with the thought of staying the night in Hamner that night and a dip in the hot pools we just new she was going to be a ripper. As first thought the day did turn out to be one of the better ones I have had I think this was because of the hottest lifty i have ever seen. You know those chicks you see up the mount that look hot but you don’t know if they are hot, the boys know what i mean. Well she was hot, a great tan and oooo boy as for the body holey s%#t .Scotty summed her up in words of Alf Stewart “flaming crows, she’s a cracker”. The day was then topped off with a few ales or five and a cheeky dip in the hot pools.<br /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078231132415426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDaooZOFP5Ho2ELCoYF_weONyAcPWjQMZGPjl6FLmDmlC4btppDugj278fJY4IZiwreIGgzQ4aS-1ydeccAR7VDXSJMVaC1BBJwM4DwXCf7upCrteXWh08-PXjRZygJLWTPk1QV6l5clc/s320/P7070040.JPG" border="0" /><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078236588523986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwClCyFZ2EfgNGUYISpkkpA7Qq8pgBA40xj2Y59_SKMEDhQGW_hSgjTmR7ZRlmcRzdsvAgBFP887UfU2G01YRcILmuW6TWSdxi1E3j_DkcGrt3jeAa5iBAKzYLMwxooH-SMBRtHlkHc1Q/s320/P7070054.JPG" border="0" /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078250084443138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZlA0yROJwyUIGbefGQcXAT6ypH2Ptb3xkCcuiKmKoRxXOmEPp0E2QPlJj_sGFnG5Sl5ZLj2G5TVVo6ZVdnTWSXFk6so9bkL2x7NGfu1lRIue39UvowlKFEs5AAKcQjYqAcH1KYuI3YoM/s320/P7070107.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078243062089682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsHzcYf5HkESiVif1KElNTGdn1gn0PyYcYGI-TrPKppDszAOp1dRT7HjyueHR4JQohaCdw3YexULRSJ9y9F388XRfDh9ykMly12taz3pZWuDaBl9FA1uSHSU6RhP5DsPV-CKCghkIdi8/s320/P7070091.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078241215779554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_eo9A5xsXamHJXixJcVKJ8ZZtmBjGH2MgN8C624vkbR0aN9xeFKxgFtxet2gLVAZ-wVNI_zOPZGyTF0j4c9_Sg7QJSStIGkfjH-OfWRH8pQCueOdhH5WfkZuFrIbi1DICeJq65UTHvtE/s320/P7070055.JPG" border="0" /> Porters was the next steep on Friday and then again on Monday. Porters again offered some more grate riding i hadn’t been to porters for quite some time so a newish field and grate snow what more could you ask for, well I suppose a hot lifty would have topped it off but hey beggars can’t be choosers . On Friday it had been a skied out a bit but with a dump on Sunday night allowed for some good riding on the Monday.</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078777945453442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 224px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF21Tvz1RUZmxpvy7IaSomylrszTzDu78rVG7aYRx7e5dCvUa3Lv8ZXDpuPBkIx6_G7a5R2_UU23URrlMQmOT9UfFfSEBfscO_9sQfHuZZDuxxII8rnkCyP9VVLqT9zkLRMobcYYpt8yA/s320/5371_100935086455_525401455_2670308_5160691_n%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078771972435394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwRCm6YvNGpDd9FgBskcaPc7YWRqBH8H-C_ZlAhpFAmBAtjEiPk-DwjWISFBCl8sLqFAtXTY3ZvTigdr7NKWV8w2TOh9rjMwex4UUBXxZbb3Pv3CSfxysmNmI5P2nZoiAKWyRFZ43Jlig/s320/5371_100935876455_525401455_2670324_6046967_n.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078769259795826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpmduEyGBXPaFpbjguo1P46lVi3hQn5dtzd79T5dQs57trlNjOWAuiwnlCzpNCzwcMYI-M7n18b_NGvrLXV8aORuco54uJBvuWdLhtBPHLEWOmnjbaT9QDXkH1sAHoJVEdlnL8RYRH4k/s320/5371_100935881455_525401455_2670325_1899703_n.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358078763348081522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8tcy1YDXpK0Qb1arN_I0hHEHAR6wxtxLJaAW4lx0b8qRevk7sgAVS0sCSRzntojQhFmcOc6xmA_fTXgTtLJTmh4sT2Fm2S25HAOujSd-YT75PQzloiSnd7HXroCi3muML4HJvktW4pg8/s320/5371_100935926455_525401455_2670333_4477685_n.jpg" border="0" />jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-10399081583820162802009-06-21T21:22:00.000-07:002009-07-13T15:52:52.665-07:00The WanganuiThe UCC had planned a trip into the lower Wanganui river with 16 or so beginner kayakers so with cheaper flights on offer how could I decline. A crew consisting of myself Jordan Chris and Simon went into the upper part. Water levels were low but still a good day out. Here are some pictures to check out there isn’t many as it was too cold<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350003146879505458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0FoombFRAHctQO4ukt_Bvi4ZCkUrKV4Vnd8PheWsDTyH0NSpqiICyt8fSwYs345pYrGdCJDIjGBoNnWbYY9uLYyg_QdJ-tEZhnTzOdxYQ-qlDVVFcJxH1nshD37Cm5ijmJIXJxcYQ4E/s320/P6070023.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnsTfnEQkZSNZMjDn33jU-jeOMRJVtXeulvoJpl1gl8HkvBuX3OAcjavOOI0Bq42DSVymRkT7u87At1GzewxM4xclAsYsr2BYbV_Jr0yB5XweWKyomZBl_hzaOZ_q_0zs2v4TBLttNHM/s1600-h/P6070024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350002981827947394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnsTfnEQkZSNZMjDn33jU-jeOMRJVtXeulvoJpl1gl8HkvBuX3OAcjavOOI0Bq42DSVymRkT7u87At1GzewxM4xclAsYsr2BYbV_Jr0yB5XweWKyomZBl_hzaOZ_q_0zs2v4TBLttNHM/s320/P6070024.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibf9QS_-IPMCdcUSZ7iA9RQsmCaEQJ3kTiMk5V_wV3AbAjFRRN8WttlBbcNxSR4ZQDv7maJTyxQ-5JPTpCaLgXYVGnBwC9z5o7efp0X8HE2O6-PDrAU78v_xTOmvHV20zxL07zMYMciQ/s1600-h/P6070022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350002976202625170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibf9QS_-IPMCdcUSZ7iA9RQsmCaEQJ3kTiMk5V_wV3AbAjFRRN8WttlBbcNxSR4ZQDv7maJTyxQ-5JPTpCaLgXYVGnBwC9z5o7efp0X8HE2O6-PDrAU78v_xTOmvHV20zxL07zMYMciQ/s320/P6070022.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdve_lWqhrrwCi4JVS-dj5qqHeRy3DUActFywMZoxVMhxpNVtFUf-nmdcn1XHDxb0TgC4jbf4jPpfrf4ErOqgw9NmLsCFSStkIlk_h7enOAtdLnAu4LbnZfbbm2r2yaKcDuq23jF_k8A/s1600-h/P6070020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350002978140270258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdve_lWqhrrwCi4JVS-dj5qqHeRy3DUActFywMZoxVMhxpNVtFUf-nmdcn1XHDxb0TgC4jbf4jPpfrf4ErOqgw9NmLsCFSStkIlk_h7enOAtdLnAu4LbnZfbbm2r2yaKcDuq23jF_k8A/s320/P6070020.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyaiqTzvQhDWVyqgeYbWmjOxEsbJdTdwxGrFzazjKhH5hWKDeJb9ycWu9eP7RHNsKWm0BB2oJZrLWwMWpYVJ_4gOUr7Z2LbJ6m1mdl-Lo2sFrjCEJQCaXNqbseI3XzuT-7rXAt8jYE1w/s1600-h/P6070017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350002971614244226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNyaiqTzvQhDWVyqgeYbWmjOxEsbJdTdwxGrFzazjKhH5hWKDeJb9ycWu9eP7RHNsKWm0BB2oJZrLWwMWpYVJ_4gOUr7Z2LbJ6m1mdl-Lo2sFrjCEJQCaXNqbseI3XzuT-7rXAt8jYE1w/s320/P6070017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350002990983572690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOqQ2yjfOCN3Hgnevudddm4b40A4s9vlT5IhrliXKW1nfn4LogvsAQGLCcUCBYmreG9TT0jtQcC54SpH515PWczYxQeasNH1R8LOw5mx7YOVB37KBf4KQOzscoTl7P4CwT1sJ7inN2ScM/s320/P6070026.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-2566997596272405652009-05-02T23:49:00.000-07:002009-05-03T02:26:26.293-07:00Any Given SundaySunday Hurunui trip usually consist of two or three really hangover people. The plan is usually made in the early stages the night before and then as the night goes on more and more people get on the bandwagon. But this wasn’t the case for trip which had me in too minds for some reason maybe it was because I got the shit knocked out of me the day before at rugby by a dirty cheep shot. But hey I can’t remember! With the gully at around 90 cubes it’s got some sweet waves so it was time to dust of the cobwebs off the odd play boat and throw it around.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331487738033694034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EbyIR7zPtPROe94H-Ht5K61odMkkBPktJeDJMCwDnKGBYdpqv2QBtHKSNDWuUncL6DHHOzp6De5fNcsCVxFDeneHtydEkqwYKC_zJ71A7nZu4vM6Bht4ugJG8Esp2A32Z_UBTDMRlEk/s320/P5030720.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331487737807326274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjloW40HG3mcjbJ9ESbXPrn5bYrEMGwo9a0_RftdyI2HjhWzBLYBLzTXH3tcBrzmkqGHT9l8cWZeCovHvrAG7BJBreyNOi7fR8oVa-Xda6tSC6XLRUoaaxMRbmHnKt5v7K8h8XNn557AhY/s320/P5030723.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitC6jbIDsB6C6Srs0SAH8LP5YEnM40R6UGnuA9USc65ToCdji9Wek676xthQk6oP5op6juaa4dY93jiOPuss66YZUUmr_BWaFNMxK7TjUpAolkrBxlDKU855Wkfh4qYyHZYiO0Rvt14RQ/s1600-h/P5030724.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331487740104158834" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqR3nKIE7tjovn6TxfS3eUK9_p6Ty8_DB9YMhM5Fwp_AjLLITHG3eyi6hTQ6R19o_Q-YIuBtXrrhzugRSjtbD0vKU56Ev-DZTfUoEMDt1nrY6kULyIcc-NP95mtrRRQzhssTVWydGChO0/s320/P5030587.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>jared mitchellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07441085369614162272noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6795162200183263050.post-55221905332710343372009-04-16T15:21:00.000-07:002009-04-16T21:52:41.303-07:00The Last Heli for the SummerWith one day up his sleeve Jamie was keen to hit the coast before heading back to welly so after a big weekend in chch we headed to the coast for a day mission into the Arahura. 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