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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Bivwalkers make the official Oxfam Trailwalker Video

Bivwalkers make the official Oxfam Trailwalker Video

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Bivouac in Bivouac Partners
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The Bivwalkers Team who raised over $6,000 for Oxfam NZ this April are featured in the Oxfam Trailwalker official video! Thanks have to go to those who contributed gear that we auctioned off and we could not have reached our … read more »

Hardest Route in NZ: Climbing Coupon Offer Ends Soon!

Hardest Route in NZ: Climbing Coupon Offer Ends Soon!

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Bivouac in Bivouac Athletes & Events
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Climbing around Christchurch has been challenging since the series of large earthquakes that devastated the city. Access to crags has been difficult, and some of the most popular crags have become unclimbable. Despite that, Christchurch climber Mark Pugh-Williams has recently … read more »

Looking back at the 2012 Coast to Coast

Looking back at the 2012 Coast to Coast

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Bivouac in Bivouac Athletes & Events
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  Words by Peter O’Sullivan, Bivouac Sponsored Athlete. Well the “longest day” has been hankering with me for many years. I had competed in and won the teams section five times previously so it was time for a new challenge. … read more »

From left to right: Katherine, Gary, Dave and Mat crossing the finish line!

Our Longest Day…the Oxfam TrailWalker 2012

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Mat in Bivouac Athletes & Events, Bivouac Partners, Outdoor Adventure Articles
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From the June 2012 issue of biv/mail, issue 28. It was pitch black. Coffee in the left hand, breakfast in the right; all glancing up at the large red LED clock ticking down the seconds until the air horn sounded … read more »

Tim Taylor’s Kayak Circumnavigation of New Zealand

Tim Taylor’s Kayak Circumnavigation of New Zealand

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Bivouac in Outdoor Adventure Articles
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From the June 2012 issue of biv/mail, issue 28. On Wednesday the 29th February 2012 Adventure Philosophy – Bivouac Good for Life Scholarship recipient Tim Taylor finished a 15 month, 5,529 km trip around New Zealand in his kayak. Completing … read more »

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For Mica – Mining on the West Coast by Carl Walrond
Like characters in Bill Pearson’s 1963 novel Coal flat, we came to “the Moeraki River, spuming fierce and grey over boulders… at the other side of the bridge was a bluepainted hut with a sign ‘Blue Hotel’, named after the river locally known as the Blue.” Just before the river had I picked up some mica – from a stream draining the Kinnaird Range. Kinnaird prospected alone in the 1870s, sometimes with his mate ‘Bob the baker’. An old timer, Kinnaird arrived stark naked at Bruce Bay once – the sole survivor of a party that tried to cross the Blue. read more »
Rollos 24 Hour AR Race Report
With less than 7 days till the start of the 12th and final running of the Rollos 24hr adventure race I had no one to race with but had heard a rumour that Richard Ussher was in a similar position. After a quick phone call the wheels were in motion for the two of us teaming up... read more »
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