So tomorrow I’m off to the N.Island for just under 2 weeks. Really really looking forward to it. There are two reasons for heading up… one is to see my cousin Thomas
He’s one very amazing guy (he is related after all). After doing 1 year working in Geneva working for the NZ mission for nuclear disarmament (UN stuff), he then did 1 year working in Canada with anti landmine work. He somehow managed to engineer a position co-ordinating anti clustermine work for NGOs around the world (at least that’s my understanding of it all)… and now can work anywhere in the world (currently Cuzco in Peru…). Yeah, kinda puts my work to shame.. It’s funny – mum has a brother and sister.. Thomas is the youngest of my Aunt Mary – and my cousin Catherine is the youngest of Mike (6 months between each of us). Cath is now doing some sort of aids related work in Africa (after doing 1 year in Tanzania), and Thomas is doing the anti clustermine work.. makes you think sometimes.
Anyway, really looking forward to catching up with him, has been far too long.
The other reason is to take in a weeks climbing with my friend Mhairi
– who’s been having lots of fun on the N.Island since she left ChCh back in Dec.. Hopefully get good weather so that we can get some routes done at Whanganui Bay. Should be fun!
So that’s the plan for the next two weeks.. then it’ll be back to work trying to get everything sorted out for leaving in Julyish.. (when hopefully two friends will be visiting – Domhnall and Lorcan..) So I imagine there’ll be an amount of skiing done :) Seriously… can you imagine how hard it is going?!?! to be to leave (if and when)… There’s just far too much fun to be had here.
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