Helen at glacier face

Day 9-10

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June 6th 2006
Day 9: Queenstown Action day! This morning I jumped off a mountain. Fortunately, I was attached to Shayne, who was in turn attached to a parachute of sorts. The takeoff was from a point above the snow line, so that I had to do a kind of careful duck-waddle for take-off to avoid slipping. We paraglided for about ten minutes, did a few probably tame but to me thrilling aerobatics, then landed ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Glaciers

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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