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 […]
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 […]
