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About me

I'm Michal - tramper, photographer, slow life lover. I write only about the places that I've been to and the gear that I tried for an extensive period of time.

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I like simple things and a slow life. I climb 🗻, eat 🍅, take 📷 and 📝 about it. Based in Christchurch

Day n9 in the life of a self isolated tramper: I h

Day n9 in the life of a self isolated tramper: I have to say that I'm not too excited about the following weekend because frankly I'll do what I do during the weekdays now. Oh well - This too shall pass. All the best to everyone out there, the sun will rise up again we'll be watching it from the mountain tops! Shot from Sunrise Hut, May 2016 #sunrisehut #dochuts #tramping #trampingnz #hikingnz #newzealandtramping #sunrise #windows

Day n8 in the life of a self isolated tramper: I'm

Day n8 in the life of a self isolated tramper: I'm still craving tramping in the North Island. When does this lockdown end again? 😥 This shot is from Ruahines, my New Zealand so called "home mountains", with Ruapehu in the back 🗻 March 2016 #ruapehu #mtruapehu #ruahines #ruahineranges #tramping #nztramping #trampingnz #hiking #nzhiking #hikingnz

Day n7 in the life of a self isolated tramper: One

Day n7 in the life of a self isolated tramper: One more memory from Tararuas. This shot is from Field Hut on Friday night, April 2015. It was raining cats and dogs and the hut was flooded with hikers. These two guys had summer sleeping bags. They were lying directly on the wet wooden floor which have gaps between planks that you could see through it (the hut is on pylons so the wind was constantly blowing from the bottom). The fireplace provided heating comparable to the heat of my bike light when turned on a saving battery mode. 5 years later, I still feel sorry for them when I look at the picture #fieldhut #tararuaranges #tararua #tararuas #tararuaforestpark #hikingnz #tramping #trampingnz #trampingnewzealand

Day n6 in the life of a self isolated tramper: I'm

Day n6 in the life of a self isolated tramper: I'm still in the "nostlagia" stage so another memory from my Tararuas. I've tried to do the Southern Crossing of Tararuas 4 times. I've never succeeded. The harsh weather would always blow me down. I wish I'll be able to come back one day and finish it. This photo is from my attempt in July 2015 somewhere on the ridge around Mt Hector #tararuas #tararuaranges #tararuaforestpark #tramping #hiking #trampingnz #hikingnz #newzealandtramping

Day n5 in the life of a self isolated tramper: A w

Day n5 in the life of a self isolated tramper: A wee while ago I came across a tourist who was "complaining" about orange coloured huts. He said they were ugly and didn't fit the environment like huts in some other countries like Norway. Well, I think that this photo explains it quite well why some NZ huts are orange... Photo from my beloved Kawekas, January 2016 #kawekas #kawekaforestpark #tramping #hiking #trampingnz #hikingnz #dochuts #backridgehut

Day n4 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Alr

Day n4 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Alright, time for some nostalgic photos. This one is from one of the most exposed and stunning huts in the North Island: Syme Hut, February 2016. #symehut #tramping #hiking #trampingnz #hikingnz #egmontnationalpark #mttaranaki #dochuts

Day n3 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Evo

Day n3 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Evolution of New Zealand track marking:
a) pre-pākehā times: bending branches, knotting the leaves of flax on trees, rock cairns
b) first European settlers: blazing trees with axe/tomahawk (huh...!)
c) first trampers in the early 20th century: painted tin lids nailed onto the bark
d) 1950s-60s: aluminum plates knowns as Permolat
e) now: plastic orange markers, orange poles above the bush line, sometimes blue poles (like in Tararuas)

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Day n2 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Tod

Day n2 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Today I’m going to let John Beaglehole speak for my thoughts. In his diary from 1925 (!) he wrote:
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I owe the bush a lot of thanks. It nourishes the soul. Your soul may be a pretty miserable affair in New Zealand, or anywhere: but now much more miserable if you haven’t smelt the smell of wet bush, or forced your way through a tangle of fern and bracken and fallen logs or waded bush streams or seen an army of tree-ferns marching up some lost and conquered gully, or glimpsed the rata flaming up a distant height or even, heaven knows, gone your head over the ubiquitous supple-jack!
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Photo from Ruhanies, April 2015
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Day n1 in the life of a self isolated tramper: Whe

Day n1 in the life of a self isolated tramper: When you’re stuck at home, there are many ways how to get closer to the mountains. One of them is reading. I hope you're prepared at least as much as I am #stayhomenz #stayhome #trampingnz #hikingliterature #hikingbooks #trampingbooks #booksabouthiking #hiking #reading #books

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