Photos

Here are some photos from adventures with friends right from when I was first getting into kayaking right up to today. They are from home in NZ, my travels in the USA and Antarctica. 

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 A sweet sunset in the Beagle Channel, Patagonia

 The only thing that got me out of bed in the Drake Passage.. Birrrrrdss mate!

 The passengers from the Ocean Nova exploring Whaler's Bay, Deception Island.

 The View from Dorian Bay

 Chica's Birthday at Dorian Bay, Antarctica.

 Una's Tits

 Humpbacks off of Cuverville Island, Antarctica.

 The expedition team at the end of the 2015/16 season on Halfmoon Island, Antarctica.

 I took the Captain and Chief Engineer kayaking for Chirstmas. Argentine Islands, Antarctica.

 Some passengers paying their respects to the deceased whalers at Whalers Bay, Deception Island.

Polaroids for the win! 

Row row row your boat gently down the stream! 

All hot and sweaty in the throne room on the Grand Canyon, Colorado River.

Captain Ahab, Moab, UT 

Utah views from the Captain Ahab trail in Moab, UT 

Sunrise hike to Half Dome, Yosemite Nat Park, CA 

Riding in the Kaimanawa Forest Park, NZ 

On the way up to the crater of Mt Ruapehu, Tongariro Nat Park, NZ 

Agate Beach, Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada 

 Hiking the East Beach Trail, Haida Gwaii, BC, Canada

Riding in the Redwoods, Rotorua, NZ.

 Rob Roy Glacier, Otago, NZ

 Torres del Paine, Chile

 Guinaco, Torres del Paine, Chile.

Mt Fitzroy, Patagonia, Argentina.

 Christmas day with my friend, Dorian Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

 Ushuaia, Argentina.

Lago Esmerelda, Southern Patagonia, Argentina.

 Biking around Terra del Fuego Nat Park in Southern Southern Argentina

 Sea kayaking around Cuverville Island, Danco Coast, Antarctic Peninsula. 

 Ruslan and I warming up our zodiacs at Plenau Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

 On the beach at Cathedral Cove, Coromandel Peninsula, NZ.

 Classic! Freaking out a little going up the cables, Half Dome, Yosemite Nat Park, CA, USA

 It's not quite as bad as Old Faithful in Yellowstone because you have to walk to Delicate Arch but there are a lot of people who go for the sunset show. Arches Nat. Park, Utah, USA.

 Northern Elephant Seal, Central Coast, CA, USA

 Guiding with some extremely excitable humpbacks off from Vernadski Station, Antarctic Peninsula.

 Guiding in Orne Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula.

 Photo kayaking on the Middle Fork of the American River, CA, USA.

 A tui Sitting in some flax, Lake Tarawera, NZ

 Tyler fox on West Cherry Creek, California, USA

Adalie Penguin - Yalour Islands, Antarctic Peninsula

Wainui Stream, Bop, NZ (p. Greg Thomas)

Wainui Stream, BoP, NZ (p. Greg Thomas)

Utah, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

Te Urawera Nat. Park, NZ (p. Jamie Garrod)

Lake Waikaremoana, Te Urawera Nat. Park, NZ (p. Jamie Garrod)

Sanga, Upper Cherry Creek, CA, USA (p. Rach Tombleson)

Sequoia Nat. Park, CA, USA (p. Rachel Tombleson)

Dinky Creek, CA, USA (p. Toni George)

Bradley Louder, West Cherry, CA, USA (p. Toni George)

Gringo in Yosemite

Brendan Bailey, West Cherry, CA, USA (p. Toni George)

Evan Garcia, West Cherry, CA, USA (p. Toni George)

Toni George, Hospital Rock, Middle Kawea, Sequoia Nat Park, CA, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

East Kawea, CA, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

Mum in her prime, Devils Canyon (Middle Fork of the Feather) take out, Milsap Rd, CA, USA

Sanga Roil, Frenchies Forty, Kimshew Creek, CA, USA

Kimshew Creek, CA, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

Upper Middle Consumnes, CA, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

Sanga Roil, Upper Middle Consumes, CA, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

West Cherry put in, CA, USA (p. Bernard Oliver)

Tayler Cavin, South Branch of the Middle fork of the Feather, CA, USA (p. Jared Mitchell)

Jared Mitchell, South Branch of the Middle Fork of the Feather, CA, USA 

Super Dink, Dinky Creek, CA, USA (p. Chee Joe)

Hayden on a big waterfall, Metlako Falls, Oregon, USA (p. Ali)

South Branch of the MIddle Fork of the Feather, CA, NZ (p. Berno Oliver)

South Branch of the Middle Fork of the Feather, CA, NZ (p. Josh Clarke)

Auburn stripmall carpark, CA, USA (p. Berno Oliver)

Whataroa River, West Coast, NZ.

Waiau River, Canterbury, NZ.

Night out on the Crooked river, West Coast, NZ

Billiards, Arahura River, NZ 

Arahura Valley, West Coast, NZ.

Hooker Valley, Mt Cook Nat. Park, NZ

Berno Oliver, West Cherry, CA, USA (p. Josh Clarke)

Josh Clarke, Fantasy Falls, CA, USA (p. Berno Oliver)

Nite 1, Fantasy Falls, CA, USA

Fantasy Falls, CA, USA

South Silver, CA, USA (p. Josh Clarke)

South Silver Tea Cups, CA, USA  (p.Berno Oliver)

Toaroha walk in, West Coast, NZ

Jared Mitchell and I, Hokitika River, West Coast, NZ

Jared and Dando


Mum in trouble, Yosemite, Cali (p. Josh Neilson)

Photo taken by Greg Thomas, edited by Josh Neilson Chur!