Additional notable achievements

Over the years I've done a great deal of climbing, racing and other adventuring. These are a few of a 'miscellaneous' variety, listed in chronological order:

March 1979

I completed a forty two kilometere ski marathon, the Holmenkollen ski marathon, a citezens race in Oslo, Norway. Mytime wasfive hoursand fifty two minutes.

In March 1980 I completed the samerace in a time of four hours and eleven minutes.

February 1984

I ran the Auckland marathon in three hours tenminutes and fifty eight seconds.

March 1984

I climbed to the summits of Mount Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe and Tongariro , completing the journey in less than twenty-four hours. These peaks are the highest, third highest and fourth highest in the North Island of New Zealand. The round trip was 74 kilometres long and involved a total ascent distance of 3,500 metre and the same descent distance because the journey started and ended at the same place, Iwakau village at the top of the Bruce. This road is the road To the Whakapapa ski field on Mount Ruapehu.

November 1984

I completed another marathon in South Auckland finishing in three hours eight minutes and eighteen seconds. It was my best marathon time ever.

November 1985

I competed in and completed my only ultra marathon, the 50 mile Tree to sea race. The race started in Putararu and ended in Mount Maunganui and took me eight hours and twenty two minutes to complete.

March 1994

I competed in and finished a full length ironman triathlon in Auckland. The race consisted of a 3,800 metre swim, 180 kilometre bicycle ride and a 42 kilometre marathon and it took me twelve hours and forty six minutes to complete.

February 1998

I competed in the New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin, running in the men's 3,000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon. I was unplaced in the latter two races, but I managed to win a silver medal in the 3,000 metres, finishing in a time of eleven minutes and forty one seconds.

October 2002

I competed in the World Master's Games in Melbourne Australia, taking part in the 5,000 metres, 10,000 metres and half marathon in the men's 51 to 55 year old age group. My times for the three races were 20 mimutes and 51 seconds, 43 minutes and 108 minutes respectively.

November and December 2008

I did a six week ski instructors course in Whistler, Canada and qualified as a level one ski instructor. I spent eight days in Jackson Hole Wyoming after the course doing back sountry ski mountaineering.

February 2008

I hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back to the top via the Bright angel Trail [South Rim).

March 2008

Three days after my Grand Canyon hike, I did a Zero Gravity flight with the ZeroG company. The flight, flight number 172 left from Las Vegasand I experienced fifteen periods of weightlessness, each period lasting twenty five seconds.

October 2009

I competed at the World MastersGames in Sydney, Australia, taking part in the 1,500 metres, 5,000 metres, 10,000 metresand half marathon in the men's 55 to 59 year old age group. To my surprise I qualified for the final in the 1,500 metres. My time in the final of that race was six minutes and one second. My other events took 23 minutesand forty eight seconds, forty eight minutes, and 117 minutes.

January 2010

I competed in the World winter Masters Games in Bled, Slovenia. They were the inaugural World Winter Masters games. I took part in the men's ten kilometre cross country ski event (Classic style) and the thirty kilometre ski marathon, 55 to 59 year old age group. My time for the 10,000 metre race was 53 mimutes and my time for the 30,000 metre race was two hours and fifty four minutes.