Travel , Climbing and a bit of everything - Tag - sailingTravel , Climbing and a bit of everything2015-11-14T07:52:03+11:00Gaetan Riouurn:md5:4273e2b0e221648c22182447aeb46fd6DotclearFrom Sea to Summit, New Zealand again - Summer 2013/2014urn:md5:dc03252b661ee0a0be521676f09e019c2015-02-19T21:23:00+11:002015-02-20T21:38:22+11:00GaetanphotoMountaineeringNew Zealandsailing <p>During summer 2013-2014 I went back to New Zealand. As you probably gathered by now, I love New Zealand, it's such a beautiful country and it has proper mountains.</p>
<p>The first part of the trip was spent in the north island. We went to Bay of Island to do some sailing for a week. Back to my roots, sailing is probably one of the first sport I took part in, perks of being born by the sea in a land with lots of sailors. I never invested too much time into sailing but it has always been something I enjoy doing. It was great fun, and we got to do a bit snorkelling as well.</p>
<p>Check the photos : <a href="http://www.mrgaetan.eu/photo/index.php?/category/107">sailing</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.mrgaetan.eu/public/divers/.P1010486_m.jpg" alt="P1010486.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0 auto;" title="P1010486.JPG, fév. 2015" /></p>
<p class="legende">Capitain G ! Alistair doesn't seem to trust me though ... </p>
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<p>After that, I flew to the south island for my second season of mountaineering. I met up with some friends who did a mountaineering course while I was at sea. We then flew to Chancellor hut for a week. I wasn't a really successful trip, we seemed to turn around more than getting to the top of things. To be honest the weather wasn't helping, but we did manage a traverse of Aurora and a run to the top of Aigrette.
There was a lot of snow this year, I think we could have climb <a href="http://www.mrgaetan.eu/index.php?post/2013/02/06/The-Egg-Memorial-Route-The-Story-of-a-First-Ascent">the egg memorial route</a> as snow route !</p>
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<p>Some photos : <a href="http://www.mrgaetan.eu/photo/index.php?/category/108" hreflang="en" title="Mountaineering">Mountaineering</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.mrgaetan.eu/public/divers/.P1010568_m.jpg" alt="P1010568.JPG" style="display:block; margin:0 auto;" title="P1010568.JPG, fév. 2015" /></p>
<p class="legende">On top of Aigrette, Aoraki/Mt Cool in the back ground</p>