Giles has recently returned from a holiday in New Zealand where he teamed up with Carl to circumnavigate Stewart Island by Sea Kayak. The trip was a success though they had to cope with fairly extreme weather and some tight weather windows. Needless to say on a day of 40knot winds they ascended Mount Anglem, Stewart island's own 'Munro'. Some 50km+ paddling days were necessary as was an 0500 start. With just 5 km to go they had to wait 2 hrs for the wind to ease before continuing. It was not exactly a holiday...taking 8 days in total Giles reckoned he lost 4kg in body weight.

posted by glenmore @ 12:12 am