So, many of you have gotten info about what has happened until now, so I will give you the bare bones timeline up to the present.

-Packed and had horrible gear problems, some of which were not resolved until recently.
-Had nice flights to LA and Auckland, although the the international flight receptionist didn't want to let us on because we didn't have return tickets.
-Got to Auckland, rented a car and hit the Coromandal peninsula to see Dave and Josh.
-Committed to a week of work at a Buddhist retreat the following week. Brady and Colin
committed to anther couple of weeks at Mana after that. Did some cool hikes and basically
pimped around for a while.
-Took the car back to Auckland, met some kids form U of A, hung with them and slept on them
and slept on the beach. Dropped the car off and headed out of town on foot, having trouble
getting a ride out of town. Finally got picked up by Bobby Sharn who gave us tea and drove
us to Thames. Slept on a soccer field and hoped a few rides the next morning, finally scoring
one from a British lady who drove us all the way to the Buddhist center.
-Spent a week at the center, learning about meditation, reading a lot and working 3 hours a day. The area was very beautiful and the rest was nice but I was itching to climb and getting bored by the end of the week.
-Brady, Colin and I split up, they headed to Mana and I headed south to Wherapapa South. I got a good ride to the motor way from a nice lady who told me all about hitching through Asia on
"the hippy trail" in the early seventies. Got dropped off and got a ride from a truck driver
to Hamilton (there is a funny story behind this, but I will have to tell it some other time).
A few more easy rides later I found myself in Wherapapa, camping in a schoolyard for $4 a
night. This place is not nearly as busy as I expected, but I have found people to climb with and
the climbing is really interesting and cool. I plan on sticking around for a while if I can keep
finding partners. There is also lots of bouldering and many of the bluffs have walk offs so you
know what that means. . .thats right, free-solo baby!

So that gets us about up to date. Along that brief overview there are of course many great stories that need to be told. Unfortunately, I am still paying for the internet and I wont be able to go into detail until I find some free service and a bunch of time. Until then, know that I am safe and having a blast. Until next time, I love you all, don't work to hard and smile even if you don't feel like it!