Time for me to stop lurking and introduce myself.

My name is Sean and I am a keen hiker, mountaineer, and knife nut. I instruct mountaineering and outdoor skills on a volunteer basis. I love spending time in the New Zealand backcountry!!

I look forward to participating in, and learning more from the collective wisdom of these forums.

Regards to all

Sean

Welcome, Sean!
If you are anything like the Kiwis that I have known, you will be more than welcome here.

Howdy from Baghdad...

I look forward to hearing more about life in the New Zealand bush. There's an online company from there that I've done business with in the past, but the name esacpes me now. They specialize in bush gear.

Anyways, glad to have you. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Welcome!

Welcome, Sean!

Are you still outnumbered by sheep?

not personally!!! <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Bienvenue !

I always wondered : how does it feel to walk with the feet up and the head down ???? Do you have to wear special shoes to stick to the planet, down below... on the other side of the world ?? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

or are those stupid, pre-conceived erroneous ideas/myths...? <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Isn't New Zealand where most / all of the LotR films were shot?

Does the entire country look like that? If so, do you need any software engineers? <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />