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Greetings blip,
That applies to both of us. I was dong pretty well with my training until the beginning of last year and was considering an overnight trip to Macintosh Hut. Since then due to some...

Thanks Sika 8,
Let the serious training commence for a late spring trip.
Regards Grandpamac.

Greetings Sika 8,
Thanks for asking. The trip to Makino was a bust due to Cyclone Gabriel. Access to the northern end of the Kaweka's was non existent for the whole of March and still dodgy to this...

Greetings All, erniec it will be the last week in March, mid week, weather permitting. I will decide closer to the time and post if anyone needs to drop in. Regarding diet an weight loss, for me the...

Greeting Again All,
Many thanks for your likes and replies. As you astutely observed Tahr I am a big lad and always have been. I may owe my long term interest in the outdoors to that. I have written...

Greetings Again All,
The rain has finally relented and the last of the spring snow on the Kawekas has almost gone so time for some belated spring trips. Yesterday, with fine weather promised and...

Greetings All,
A like from davetapson to my OP reminded me that I have not done an update on progress for a while. In my last post I reported some reversals in the fitness quest but over few last...

Thanks for your post Tararuas hunter,
It's always good to hear from someone fighting the same fight. My knee and hip joints are still in reasonable nick due to working as a draughtsman, project...

Greetings All,
It has been several months since my last post on this thread so I thought I should do an update. Progress on fitness continued through the balance of 2021 but crashed and burned...

Greetings All,
Finally got back into the Kaweka's yesterday for a walk up Kuri Hill. Actually took a rifle as well. It has been 4 months since my last walk up there but with the firewood collection...

Amen to that.
Regards Grandpamac.

Greetings Northkiwi,
Thanks for your kind words. May I humbly suggest that you set your sights a bit higher than 65. A cobber and I had flown in to Venison Top Hut when I was about your age. We were...

Greetings All,
Was just eyeing up Tuesday for a first bush walk for the season and Covid Shut Down 4. It still looks possible that Hawkes Bay could be in Level 3 by then so some un armed walking in...

Greetings bumblefoot,
I see from some old gym records that Jan 2008, aged 58, I was 122.8kg so you are ahead of me. Well done.
Regards Grandpamac.

I seem to be sharing a lot of your experiences. Originally 1.86 metres (shrunk about 30 mm) with weight that has bobbed around. Maxed at 138 kg about twenty years ago and back down to 111 kg...

This years firewood includes a lot of acacia, probably silver wattle. This is average but the gum is better. Next year (and for several years thereafter) there is a lot of gum plus a little pine...

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Greetings All,
It has been a while since my last post on this thread so I thought I should do an update. The bush walks petered out in May due to the colder weather and competition from a very large...

Greetings Bumblefoot,
My wander next week with a rifle will be the first time I've taken one in about 6 months. I'm still sorting out one of my many packs that will hold the Bergara without being...

Greetings Maca49,
Have heard a lot of people saying that an E bike has transformed their lives and can certainly see how. The people giving you shit are just jealous, ignore them, just as I ignore...

Greetings Marty Henry, Cigar, Vietnamcam and All,
Thanks for your replies and likes. I have found it a great help to write down both my goals and objectives plus a daily log of progress. This may...

It is an Amanita Muscaria fungi. You see them quite often in Hawkes Bay. They are poisonous and hallucinogenic (no I have not tied them and are not going to either). Also called Fly Agaric they were...

Greetings All,
Been hammering away at this fitness thing for about 2 months now and have some progress to report. Speed up my favourite hill has improved and I can now go further without feeling...

Thanks for that Bumblefoot,
I seem to be doing some of the same stuff but less of it for now. One pool walk for 30 minutes or a bit more. This includes the reverse thrust paddling. One Kuri hill...

Greetings All,
I thought a short update and some more notes on planning might be of interest. I had another (my third) walk up Kuri Hill on Friday and noted some modest improvements. Faster up to...