Have a look at this video that I made with the folks at Lonely Planet TV. It's all about Queenstown, New Zealand and how you can have a good time and not spend too much money in the process. Enjoy!
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The 7hrs of 7-Mile
7-Mile is a legendary mountain biking area near Queenstown, New Zealand. So legendary that I rated it as “The Best Mountain Biking in NZ” when I authored Lonely Planet – Cycling New Zealand last year. This purpose built series of trails are pristine singletrack designed for mountain bikers, by mountain bikers. Today an annual endurance event called the 7hrs of 7-mile was held. As an individual or a team you race to complete the most laps you can during the 7hrs of racing. As a special treat the organizers (The Queenstown Mountain Bike Club) tends to use the event to debut new trails and today was no different. I’m in the midst of preparing a full race report for Arc Magazine, but in the meantime as a treat for dedicated Adventureskope readers, here are some photos of the race.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Running the Routeburn - Twice... The movie
Last May I undertook an amazing adventure with my good friend Christian Martin. We ran the spectacular Routeburn walking track, not once but twice in one day. It made for an amazing 65km journey. As we were running I was also filming. Now available on-line for the first time is the film that I shotthat day. Co-produced by the fine folks at Lonely Planet TV – I did the shooting (and the running) and they handled the post-production. They’ve done a fantastic job of putting it together and I’m really proud of the final product! Follow this link to see the video and I hope you enjoy!
Running the Routeburn with LP author Scott Kennedy
Cheers,
Scott
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Remarkables
If you’ve ever been to Queenstown, NZ you’ve felt the power of The Remarkables Mountain Range. Sitting pretty above town they keep a watchful eye over proceedings. This past weekend along with fellow adventurer Adrian Nankivell I went on an amazing trip. Our plan was to traverse the Remarkables from north to south along the tops – starting at the Remarkables Ski Field and ending in the small lake-side town of Kingston 45km away. The elevation profile looked insane – millions of ups and downs – nearly the entire route was on the long rocky ridge that extends the length of the mountain range. In the end we didn’t make it all the way to Kingston – we were thwarted by terrain that was a bit chewier then we wanted and made an early escape at the 30km point. The result was a trip that totally blew my mind – my eyes are wide open to what’s just out the front door... to be continued!
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