Oh, and I hide my face in the shade

Check it! The parental units have approved my brother's request to come visit me in Aotearoa, the Land of the Long White Cloud. Now I am going to have to change the name of my South Island tour from "Antics Tour: Suertastic Solo Drop" to "Antics Tour: Kiwi Invasion".

I've been reading about Andrew Skurka, a guy who did the sea-to-sea trail. Check out his pictures here and scroll down to the bottom. You'll see why I instantly became homesick. Looks like the break wall was still intact when he came through.