2009 Expedition: Gillespie Pass Photo 12

2009 Expedition: Gillespie Pass

January 1st 2010
December 25, 2009 It was our intent today to hitchhike from Mount Cook Village to Wanaka, three hours away, and I thought with it being Christmas that people would have some goodwill in their hearts and hitchhiking would be easy. WRONG! We waited outside the village for three hours as many people just drove past us. A surreal thing happened about an hour in to our waiting. A car drove ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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Chad Stoesz

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Well, this is my third backpacking expedition across New Zealand and it looks to be pretty incredible again. We've got an amazing list of tracks and routes we plan to do that will take us through some pretty remote, rugged, and beautiful pieces of wilderness. This will be a 3 month trip and I'm doing it with my good friends Nick and Andrew Arkis. Along the way we will be meeting up with several of my friends from previous trips who plan to travel with us for parts of the time as well. It's very exciting for me to be getting one more opportunity to do this sort of thing, and even more exc... full info

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