Mid-Waiohine Wild Animals
Way back in October 2018 we (Lorelei and Jake) went on another wild escapade in the Tararuas. It had been a few months since our last overnighter and we were itching to get out in the mountains. The lovely Nana … Continued
Bivvy Mania in the Tararuas
Written by Lorelei and Jacob. The SchMcelwees have a few different adventure challenges on the go. One of them is to ‘bag’ all of the huts/bivvies in our local tramping adventure zone, the Tararuas. The Tararuas are pretty cool given … Continued
L is for Long Trail Part 3 – Rutland to Stowe, VT
Part three of the Long Trail adventure! The Long Trail is a long distance hike that runs north-south through the state of Vermont in the USA. We completed a northbound end-to-end of the Trail in July 2018 as part of … Continued
Nolan Creek to O’Briens Crossing – Great Dividing Trail
Written by Lorelei and Lucie The 2019 Adventure Gang challenge is to hike the whole Great Dividing Trail. Nolan Creek to O’Briens Crossing (21km) was the first part that we completed. Jacob and Lorelei planned to be in Melbourne for … Continued
L is for Long Trail Part 1 – Williamstown, MA to Manchester, VT, USA
Part one of the Long Trail adventure! The Long Trail is a long distance hike that runs north-south through the state of Vermont in the USA. We completed a northbound end-to-end of the Trail in July 2018 as part of … Continued
Q is for Queen Charlotte Track
So we, Jacob and Lorelei, were given the letter Q for the alphabet challenge. In order to fulfil this quest we a) did some adventuring around Queenstown (see…https://www.adventuregang.org/qqqueenstown-surrounds/) but we didn’t think that was ‘Q’ enough so we decided to … Continued
Parental freedom goes wrong in the Tararua Ranges
The excitement of our first weekend away without parenting duties was too much for Lorelei to handle. It was Friday night, time for bed with an early start in the morning when Jacob’s amazing mum would arrive to take care … Continued
Q is for Queenstown Surrounds
In this year’s Adventure gang alphabet challenge we scored the ‘Q’. Now we are 90% fulfilling this via hiking the (probably kinda boring) Queen Charlotte Track but we should probably get some extra credit for our recent adventures around Queenstown. … Continued
Wangapeka | Karamea | Leslie
Hello Adventure gang this is Tyson, brother of badass adventurer Lorelei “Cashmere” Schmitt. You may remember me from the honeymoon hike on the Greenstone Caples track. I was the guy who twisted his ankle but also the one person who … Continued
Baby Shirley’s first overnight hike
An account of our 1st overnight hike with our baby