Learning to Fly

...in Picton, Marlborough Sounds

January 1st 2011
I staggered towards the finshing line with my shoes in tatters, an untamed beard upon my chin, and a wild look in my eyes that I imagine resembled Robert De Niro in darker scenes from the Deer Hunter. I had been deep into the wild and survived. Drinking only the freshest of waters from the wildest of streams, eating a diet of mainly fish and battling the elements as they were thrown at me, the dis ... read more

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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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8th January 2011

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The trick to flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss....or so says Douglas Adams who, I'm sure, puts it far more eloquently than I ever could.

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