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A Calling to Come Back

20/02/2016 01:24

With the recent earthquake outside of Christchurch on Valentine's Day this year, I am compelled to return to finish what I started with my blogging entires. The 5.8 magnitude quake was NOT deadly and that is excellent news. I find myself recalling my experience and wondering how the people I met;...

Plan Remains to Finish!

21/09/2014 22:37

In case anyone has checked back . . . I still plan to complete my blog. The side panel is complete for 'What's Coming Up?' so I hope that keeps you interested. Instead of keeping a journal like I normally do when I travel, I wrote about my adventures on this site. I hope to...

April Blitz!!

25/06/2014 03:05

I LEFT YOU HANGING! Every weekend in April was booked out with adventure and eventually packing. I had friends come visit, tied up work projects, had sad goodbyes with new friends made, and packed up three months of living in New Zealand. I completed a great walk, ran from...

Grape Ride Victory!

06/04/2014 06:00

Who says a mountain bike can't ride a road race? Despite the funny looks I got as my straight handle-barred bike climbed the hills past several roadsters and then zoomed down the hills cornering a lot more confidently with those fat stubby tires, I managed to ride my 1/3 of the 101km race in...

Skydive NZ!

30/03/2014 14:34

When I had brought this up on my first trip to New Zealand, my brother the pilot responded with, "Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane?" I argued the point with adrenaline. I have now found many more points of why you absolutely should jump out of a plane! Try go...

Information Overload

25/03/2014 11:29

Last Friday I woke up at four in the morning to make a flight to Auckland for the NZSEE conference. It was a full day Friday, full day Saturday, and a big half day Sunday of total nerd out. You know I loved it! Hysteresis curves, soil liquefaction, Buckling Restrained Braced...

Cyclone Lusi

16/03/2014 11:47

Cyclone Lusi cut my weekend plans short. Saturday was supposed to see a sunrise on the East then explore while driving to the West for the sunset on the same day, also over a coast. The North Island was hit the worst yesterday. In Christchurch, we are getting wind and rain . . . ....

Project site visits

11/03/2014 19:48

I am most happy out in the field. Fixing up an existing building to achieve a NBS (New Building Standard) above 67% is something seen all around Christchurch. This is because older buildings were not designed with the earthquake load considerations of today. I was able to look at...

Ice Climbing

08/03/2014 02:45

Being a huge fan of the Banff Film Festival, I watch all those adventure films and always seem to say, "That would be cool, I want to try that!" I was TOTALLY right about ice climbing! I took to it like a goat takes to a steep slope. How can you not like shoes with super sharp spikes...

100 Year Flood in Christchurch

05/03/2014 22:34

For an area that really does not need another disaster, the recent mega storm has really made more homes uninhabitable. Rain for almost 36 hours straight have caused the Avon and Heathcote Rivers to flood thier banks. The Avon runs right through downtown Christchurch. The...

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