After many trips down sleeping god canyon I thought it was about time to put a few pictures in place to show just how good this place really is. This is a must do canyon with some great abseils including a 75 meter drop and plenty of jumps and […]
Author: Pete
A visit to fred cave via its 53 metre shaft, took us to the diamond mine and all its splendour.
Rangitoto Lava caves. A jewel for all Aucklanders and travellers, is this great island 5 km off the coast of Auckland. At 260 metres high and only 600 years old, this place makes the mind wonder. There are many lava caves on the tourist trail and I believe some to be found still, which makes […]
New Zealand Speleology Society AGM hosted by Auckland this year went down a treat with around 80 cavers from New Zealand. We gained access to some great caving spots that had been closed for sometime, Burr being one of them and the truly awesome Rangitawa shaft at 86 meters with the addition of Blindmans used as […]
My bags have been seen recently on a vanuatu volcano. Used by Drew and Johno the mesh pod bag with shoulder straps is perfect for the expedition. Check out their crazy exploits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUOmPdsoUtM This time they made it to the crater rim!!!! Geoff Mackley and his team take accessgear bags + custom made caving racks, into […]
Sunday saw three of us visit a little known Waitakeries canyon. We did go of route slightly and add an extra couple of hours of bush bashing (shattering and slow) The canyon trip includes one of the biggest abseils around, about 65m. This has the best exposure on top of the valley with well over […]