I have the upmost admiration for the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Service. They do an amazing job in all terrains and all weathers. This search and rescue operation in Mount Aspiring National Park ended positively but is a timely reminder for us all that the New Zealand mountains can be a dangerous place.

Vroooom… 🏍️

Gerbera.

Today’s mood music: Things Can Only Get Better, Howard Jones.

Mount Awful (2192m) on the left as seen from Gillespie Pass, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand 🇳🇿

Mount Awful (2192m) on the left as seen from Gillespie Pass, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand 🇳🇿.

Bivi at 1285m looking across Young Valley. -2 degrees Celsius during the night.

Looking towards Young Basin, Young valley, Mt Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. 🇳🇿

Upper Caples Hut, Caples valley, New Zealand.

McKellar Saddle, Greenstone, New Zealand.

Today’s mood music: The Doors - People are Strange

McKellar Saddle, Greenstone, New Zealand.

Petroica Australis, South Island robin, Caples valley, New Zealand.

My own experience of road raging has been much helped when I woke up to how my own ‘shoulding’ and ‘shouldn’ting’ was making me angry.

I noticed more and more that my anger was the result of me focusing my attention on what other people ‘should’ or ‘shouldn’t’ be doing and then judging them as being ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’.

For me this has been such a beneficial shift in understanding and awareness.

This place never gets old, taken from Caples valley. #NewZealand #Aotearoa

Bush basher boots.

Today’s mood music - Van Halen - Dance the night away.

Dahlia.

Today’s mood music: Kate Bush, Running up that hill.

Today’s mood music: Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit, Live from Woodstock 1969