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Published: March 1st 2011
February 22
We had dried our the tents and were checking email in Hokitika when we heard the news. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake had rocked the city of Christchurch and had done significant damage. By car, Christchurch is only 3 hours from where we were, directly east on the opposite coast of the south island. It was very close, and our friends were going to leave from there that afternoon to mee...
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Dale
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Glad you made it
That was quite a trip. I can identify with your soul searching when you felt you might have brought your friends on a trip that could be their last. It's a disturbing situation, but you made it and it is now just a memory.