A hilly 95km mini-tour on Banks Peninsula (one evening and two days) with 3075m of climbing. To usher in my 43rd year Hana and I had been planning to go…
Mark WatsonJuly 7, 2013
Chris and the Gouland Downs. One of the prize jewels in Kahurangi National Park's crown is the Heaphy Track. I last rode this track 17 years ago (back before the…
Mark WatsonMay 16, 2013
Pre dawn light on Mount Sefton and Mueller Hut. One of the workshop locations. In May this year I'm running a four-day mountain photography workshop for the NZ Alpine Club,…
Mark WatsonApril 9, 2013
It's been a long time since I last posted on this blog. My priority for the last few months has been shooting for the Our Mountains book project I'm working…
Mark WatsonMarch 7, 2013
Back in February this year I headed into the Central Darrans with John McCallum, Tom Riley and Alan Thomas. We were on a mission to get into Turner's Eyrie, an…
Mark WatsonAugust 31, 2012
Couple of weekends ago (August 16-19) I headed to Queenstown to take photos at the inaugural Remarkables Ice & Mixed Festival. Brainchild of psyched climber Daniel Joll and organised by…
Mark WatsonAugust 26, 2012
Here's some photos from an amazing Westland trip I did back in April with Hana and our regular West Coast mission tramping partners Anna Pilbrow and Tom Riley. I'd wanted…
Mark WatsonAugust 26, 2012
Very pleased to hear this morning that I won the John Harrison Memorial Trophy (Overall Champion), jointly, with Fraser Crichton in this year's NZ Alpine Club Photographic Competition. I also…
Mark WatsonJuly 4, 2012
With the longest night comes the coldest party of the year. Here's a few photos from the Winter Soulstice, one of Christchurch's biggest parties on the calendar. Held out at…
Mark WatsonJuly 2, 2012
