Stewhan Hadfleas
Tall, rough, ready and sporting a peculiar odour... this is no ordinary human being. It is a monster!stewsnews
Travel Blog Posts
August 1st 2009
Early morning I got to the airport so I could fly to Christchurch. Weather for the flight was spectacularly clear with views of snow on Mt Ruapehu, forests, coastal zones, lakes, rivers. It was basically nature in glory! I chatted to a guy on the way down about my travelling experiences on my round the world exploration trip. He was familiar with NZ travel, but not much else. It was beautifully clear & minus 4 degrees in Christchurch for the brief period while waiting for the flight to Queenstown. Arriving in Q-town I was picked up by John & we drove over the Crown Range to go to Cardrona ski field. On the way John was telling me about his recent trip to Lake Tahoe in the states for some skiing which prompted me to sing ... read more
Novice in the 'Kune Climber'
Published: April 26th 2009Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Tongariro National Park
April 25th 2009
On saturday morning I left Peak Motor Inn & biked along the road to where the registration bench was for the 'Kune Climber' bike race up to the finish line at the Tukino ski area carpark. It started at 697m altitude & progressed 17 km to get up to 1780m altitude. There were about 40 competitors in the race which started at 10:30. I was also being filmed by an ATV camera on a motorbike the whole way up. Most of the competitors were on racing road-bikes with flash cycling shirts, tights, gloves etc worth up to $20,000 & I was on 1 of just 5 actual Mt bikes! That gave my ATV crew a good incentive to be cheering the one young reborn cripple to beat as many of the competitive riders as possible... I ... read more
WOMAD - festival of global & traditional diversity
Published: March 19th 2009Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taranaki
March 18th 2009
WOMAD 2009 Day 1: We left home in the avo 2 go down 2 New Plymouth 4 WOMAD. We arrived at about 19:19 & caught up with Hans, Jay & co once in. Had a gr8 big Indian Curry with Naan for dinner & then watched the evenin with stars of African, Asia, Europe, Australasia & a few from America. There were some amazing guitar breaks, operatic singin, playing broom strings, dancing with excessive flexibility; like the splitz. 2 summarize; Generally Outstanding! Well fed & universally stunned we went to Fitzroy beach 2 spend a the time left (just morning) in our van. Day 2: I got up early for a chance to explore the waterfront with a 90 min walk along the beach & over a few sand-dunes. Beautiful natural arrangements of flowers on small ... read more
February 14th 2009
Fell out o the sky in Blenheim, but survived & luckily hitched 2 Picton 4 catchup with heaps o' good friends. In the sound with a crew of Outward Bound workers & mates 4 the last "more than a decade"! Went 4 a couple of hikes on the hills to get good views and take lovely shots of it, went kayaking 2 see what was livin in the clean water all around & even went out sailing in the classic yacht that is used in an Outward Bound course. On NY eve We hitched from Picton to Takaka which we did surprisingly easily. We got short ride to turnoff then with german guy, Hannes, all the way to Paynes Ford. We also made stop in Nelson on the way to stock up on consumption supplies for ... read more
Bikin Hamilton to Waihi, around the East Cape & finish at Mahia Peninsula
Published: February 23rd 2009Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty
December 25th 2008
···· Plan ···· Day 1: Hamilton to Waihi through Paeroa and the Karangahake gorge. We will take a few breaks on the way to rest and have some food. This will likely be in Paeroa, the Karangahake Gorge, the Waihi town and then the beach also. We plan to camp in Athenree (south end of beach). Having completed approximately 110 km shall leave us nicely tired for a good night's sleep. Day 2: Leave Athenree and take a break at Mt Maunganui for food and a beach experience,... and finish in Maketu where we will camp near beach. Having completed approximately 100 km it will be a second long distance day so again deserving a good break. Day 3: Maketu will be left after a nice start on the beach... and we will camp near ... read more
November 30th 2008
Well, to improve fitness and enjoy a challenge it was an idea to do a bit of biking. The scenario approached was: - Bike the race around Lake Taupo. That's all, just do it!!!! On dad's B'day was the day of the race so, as a bunch of companions; Madeleine, Dad, Kerin, gym trainer Kent, myself and a total of around 10'000 others to race with! I was for the first time doing this event on a road-bike and peddling up the first hill, the steepest one, was amazingly easy and once I was at the top I checked behind me, but and the others were only half way up. I basically left them behind and enjoyed my first road-bike experience. On hill ascents I constantly passed people going about twice the speed, went normally on ... read more
July 29th 2008
At the start of our winter Moo & I escaped to warm Tonga, not knowing if it was ugly, beautiful, kind or aggressive or what it might be in attitude, but we were keen for it because it was our same old love for exploring new places. After our flight we were picked up by Toni from his (Toni’s) Guesthouse to get be taken for our first night experience there and… it was an amazingly attractive place to stay, a bit pricey ($15 /night) but the first one so no probs. We went for a bit of a walk around the small part of “town” we were in 2 c & chat to a bunch of locals, a collection of insects & small creatures. Also some little dairy places (expensive) and a couple of nice germans. ... read more
Travelblog Admin Announcement - Important Information Regarding Stewsnews
Published: March 13th 2007North America » CanadaMay 4th 2008
Stewhan is finally back to doing the things he has always loved to do. It is a nice miracle & he enjoys alot of it because he was missing doing it all for a long time. There are amazing amusing things that he does now, which he didn't do in the past. His plan is to learn how to do creative writing soon, write something about one of his experiences in his life, then finally write a book about the injury and recovery process (which is just another miracle) which he has enjoyed because it has all been great! check out his progress at... http://stefan.sitefactory.ws Thanks & love from Stewhan!!!... read more
Important - Travelblog Admin Announcement Regarding 'Stewsnews - Stewhan Hadfleas'
Published: March 4th 2007North America » CanadaMarch 4th 2007
We have been asked by a friend of Stewhan's to place this statement onto his page. Stewhan Hadfleas is currently in the intensive care unit at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada. On March 1st Stewhan was skiing at Whistler skifield, and suffered a bad fall over a rocky outcrop. He was flown immediately to Vancouver General Hospital, where tests revealed multiple skull fractures and a fractured pelvis. He has been operated on but is still in the intensive care unit. His family flies in today (March 3rd). Could you offer your love, thoughts, and prayers for him and his family at this very difficult time. We hope his condition improves and our thoughts are with him and his family at this time.Travelblog Admin Team ... read more
February 26th 2007
Current global position: Current location: Vancouver, BC Intended time frame: For a while... bMain goals and reasons for this global position: I'm going to be a big part of Pole to Pole. With a responsibility for organising a significant part of this new organisation and many of its future aspirations... Interesting and testing times to come!... read more
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