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Ohau great it was to be back again

A winter season just wouldn't be complete without a roadtrip down to Ohau. With Alan Davis at the wheel, we set off after work on Friday, compulsory Maccas stop then into the darkness. So dark actually that we missed the turn for the mountains. Finally rocked up at Ohau lodge just before 10pm. No...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 09-15-2008
Rafting the Rangitata

After a great weekend with the Colonel and Yo here in Christchurch (barbie + booze, farmers' market, England vs NZ ODI, curry, hill walking and fush n chups on the beach), time to cool off with a day's whitewater rafting. Rangitata Rafts is a couple of hours drive south, then inland towards the...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 02-27-2008
Lake Sumner Ride

Went out on an awesome ride last weekend, along the edge of Lake Taylor and Lake Sumner, a couple of hours north-west of ChCh. The drive in was pretty mental really - once you get off the sealed road, it's very windy, very rough gravel with plenty fords to cross (although many of them were dry this...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 01-29-2008
Hanmer Springs rides

I was up in Hanmer Springs yesterday with some of the Vorb crew for a couple of fine XC rides. Got up just in time for 10am kick-off, already quite a hot one (was 31c day before and didn't drop too much over night). Now I'm not going to remember what all of these trails were called as mtbrat...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 12-17-2007
Last day of the season - Ohau

10 hours sleep sorted us right out, and what an awesome start to the day. Perfect bluebird, no wind, great breakfast overlooking Lake Ohau. Here we are, loving it: Snow was just softening up once we got up the mountain, damn warm already, almost a no jacket day. Took SJ up and got her cruising round...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 09-10-2007
Back to Ohau: The Last Roadtrip

With the winter season rapidly disappearing and spring farming on in everywhere, it was time for one last roadtrip. Where better to go, than Ohau? They've had consistently good conditions, better than most places, forecast was for bluebird, no wind, and there'd been 40cm or so of fresh earlier...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 09-08-2007
Mount Potts Heli Day

No words for now, Alain is tired. I'll leave you with this for the time being : [youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkIOMcWVq8w] I do love the way YouTube takes a perfectly good video and knackers the quality. I'll put the original up tomorrow. [ Edit: Now I've had time to think about...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 09-06-2007
Can't drive past Ohau though

Love it so much up at Ohau, there was no way I was gonna drive straight back to ChCh - time to stop there overnight again. Got up the mountain Monday morning - another bluebird day . Now apparently they'd had 390 people up there on Sunday - busiest day of the season. Only 40 or so today, most of...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 08-20-2007
Time to head back, via Cardies

Well every good roadtrip comes to an end at some point, and today's almostthat day. Time to leave Queenstown anyway and head back...sloooowwwwlllyyy.Another layer of cloud hanging over the valleys this morning, but up atCardrona it was pretty much bluebird. They've had plenty of good snowrecently...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 08-19-2007
Remarks Chutes

After a few ales, gin and Ferg last night with Miss Gutkin and Sam, gettingup super-early was not gonna happen. Although still managed to get out thedoor by 9ish I think. Snow reports were a bit odd, cos as far as I knew ithad been snowing all night. Yet Remarks was only saying 2cm. Ok then.Nowhere else...

Posted to The Life of Sloth (Weblog) by le_sloth on 08-18-2007

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