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Climbing Auckland’s 53 Volcanoes in 24 Hours

Auckland has always been my volcanic playground. Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated by those cones scattered across the city. After years of exploring, I finally managed to tick off every single one. But that wasn't enough. I hatched a seemingly crazy ...

Expedition Iceland 2022

Iceland has always been on our bucket list, but the prospect of flying for 36 hours or more to get there from New Zealand was a daunting (and costly) prospect. We made a pact that when a volcano erupts in Iceland, we'd go. And when ...

Expedition Vanuatu 2022

Spending an entire week on top of an active volcano and filming closer than ever before. Vanuatu finally announced the reopening of their borders and with that, Geoff Mackley, Justin Noonan and myself headed to Tanna Island, to spend an entire week at the top of ...

Circumnavigating the Manukau Harbour

During New Zealand's second major lockdown, Auckland was cut off from the rest of the country. We couldn’t leave its borders, but we could travel anywhere within the region. Having hiked every trail, climbed every volcano, and explored every regional park, our options were running ...

Secret locations and phenomena in Auckland

Over the past couple of years, I have combed through almost every stretch of the Auckland Region in search of some truly remarkable locations and phenomena. Places that Aucklander’s would never believe are in their own backyard.  It’s been a journey stretching thousands of kilometres on ...

Abseiling into the Lost World

An unbelievable adventure abseiling over 100 meters into the Lost World Cave. A friend and myself travelled to the Waitomo area of New Zealand to explore the Lost World Cave. After rigging up, we carefully abseiled over 100 meters to the cave floor. It was absolutely ...

Hiking the Chatham Islands

We're just back from a mini expedition to the Chatham Islands (including Pitt Island), located 800 kilometres east of the South Island of New Zealand. It's about as close as we can get to an "overseas" expedition right now. The islands do feel distinctively different ...

Expedition to the Arctic

The Arctic Circle, Alaska / January 2020 After our expedition to Antarctica, we found ourselves compelled to visit the Arctic also. A land of beauty, desolation and frigid cold. Cold of -40 degrees C and below. And with a desire to push north was a far ...

Stormy weather in Tongariro National Park

Tongariro National Park, New Zealand / November 2017. Four weeks back, we journeyed to Tongariro National Park to hike the Northern Circuit. This track is one of New Zealand’s great walks (I’ve got one more to complete!). The Northern Circuit starts and ends in Whakapapa and encompasses ...
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