Date: 26 Dec 2024 – 5 Jan 2025 Location: New Zealand Author: Zen Marcos Party: Harry, Nat, Sabs, Susan, Toby, and me   I was still buzzing from a recent canyoning trip in Switzerland—fun, aquatic, and stunning. New Zealand had a similar reputation, so when Nat and Susan invited me on a trip they were ...

Date: 1-2 Feb 2025 Location: Kanangra-Boyd National Park Author: Zen Marcos Party: Alex Motyka, Nat Powell, Toby Horne, and me   Sean has a theory that everyone is either a talker or a listener. Of course, talkers can listen and vice versa, but everyone is more comfortable doing one or the other. Toby and I ...

Tim Porritt In September 2025, a bunch of us went and crammed two trips into one day, including an impromptu Rock Skills 1, and trying out the (then) new club packrafts. Here's an account of that day! The Climbing We weren't planning on running Rock Skills 1 (teaching beginner rock climbing) that weekend, but after ...

Date: 8th of February 2026 Location: Kakapo Canyon, Fiordland National Park, NZ (v5a3IV***) Party: Person A, Person B, Person C, Author Conditions: ~80 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours, major geomorphological change to the canyon since 2025.   What was planned as a moderate-flow canyon descent turned into a four‑hour in‑canyon rescue. On the ...