Crocodile Dundee Method of Airport Security

"Thats not a knife, THIS is a knife!"

This weekend Bethany and I used our Queenstown trip that we won in the half marathon a few months back. We were meant to fly from Palmy to Christchurch but were redirected up to Auckland then straight to Queenstown from there. I've a bit of disparity in airport security in NZ. While the palmy airport pretty much allows anyone to fly who isn't carrying a 3 mega ton nuclear warhead (too big for overhead compartments, must be checked), The Auckland airport seems to have some semblance of security gates. Now considering a Mach 3 razor will get you time at Guantanamo in the US I was a bit surprised when they dug out Bethany's keychain knife, passed it around to inspect, had a good laugh, and said, "that'll be fine".

The rest of the trip went well, just hanging out in Queenstown and eating a meal it seemed every 15 minutes or so. Pretty uneventful until the last day when Bethany took the first step into a life of crime, drugs, and prison - by getting a tattoo (or is that the second step? I can never remember).

Baring Head Bouldering

A group of us went down to Baring Head last weekend to have a bit of a play on some of the easier problems down there. I'm not traditionally much of a boulderer but I have begun to see the value of it towards the "real" stuff. I have also found that a lot of the enjoyment of it comes from finding the right venue for my (weak) skills. Baring head was a great place with plenty of problems in our grade range to stay entertained.

Thanks to Chris for taking the photos!