Damien modelling his LuxuryLite sleeping bag in the comfort of the Morton's living room!
Day 1 sunset! Castor bay is beautiful
Its hard to get motivated with beer and sun on demand.
Walking around Auckland city buying last minute tramping gear.
Knuckle Sandwich!!! Ruskin and Saxon want one? they were delicious.
Myers Park near Queens street, used to be Auckland's cesspit, an open sewer and slum but was transformed in 1914 into a awesome park.
Castor Bay
Waterproofing the seams on our Squall 2 TarpTent with silicone sealer mixed with petrol.
Our Cloudburst 2 TarpTent set up in the garden.
Get an idea of the size of these tents? they also weight <1kg.
A lookout in a small Maori village in Castor Bay, not much there now except for holes in the ground, but pretty cool none the less. Oh and thats a volcano.
Anders bought a Henley knife.
Damien cliff jumping into a volcanic crater filled with water. So much fun, Thanks Dave.
Landey modelling our TastyTrek t-shirts in Piha.
Damienmarc chillin, also in Piha
Ricky Morton, the legend.
Anders and Damien sitting on a grassy knoll in front of a Pou
Trek, Trek, Trek, Trek, and its all on cheese!
Lunch on top of Ricky's damaged car, after our 6-car pileup
NZ vegetation!
More of Piha
Rock pools on Lions Rock
Naked Bus
Moon on the ferry from Paihia to Russell
Damien at Long Beach
Anders and Damien at Long Beach
Skimming stones.
A friendly/confused trigger fish stranded in a rock pool
SWAN DIVE
TastyTrek :)
A walk up from the beach to a scenic outlook
Backflip off the scenic outlook!
Bow sprit of the R. Tucker Thompson
Anders in the rigging.
Masts and sails and rigging of the R. Tucker Thompson with the strong NZ sun.
we all wore matching t-shirts.
Roberton Bay
The Bay of Islands with a peaceful R. Tucker Thompson at anchor.
The gaff rigged schooner R. Tucker Thompson.
turquoise water - great for leaping off the rigging or flying off the rope swing.
That's right, you clean up those ropes.
Landey up the mast.
Damien even higher.
The view down.
Chilling, lots of blue!
a great view of the R. Tucker Thompson.
Damien diving off the rigging.
Landey jumping off the rigging
Anders doing a huge backflip... off the rigging.
