Keystone Thrust and surrounding hills

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February 5th 2009

Published: March 3rd 2009

Thursday 5th February 2009 I was feeling REALLY tired (see the eyes in photos/video) so decided to take a short-ish hike to Keystone Thrust. It is where older rock (volcanic grey stuff) got pushed up on top of much younger (red sand stone) rock during a geological 'thrust'... I got there pretty quickly so decided to climb up the wash to the nearby hills with interesting looking (for me anyway)... Read Full Entry

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James (Jay/Jim) Bunning

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I had been on holidays to Europe and a bit further afield, but never done the proper 'Round the World' backpacking adventure. I started planning for that very event in 2004. Finally in June 2006 I got on that plane that started my year of backpacking around the planet. What an amazing journey! It changed my life like nothing else. And it was where I found my life partner... My plans for that year included living and working in New Zealand. This was because I felt like I really wanted to move there permanently but needed to 'check it out' for six months first. I liked that NZ offers the perf... full info

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