Category: Oceania

HITCHIN HOME

April 11, 2014 | Hitchin Home, New Zealand, Oceania

It's time to start moving, time to head for flyable weather. With wing, thumb and gigantic smile I'm leaving Christchurch and heading north towards Auckland. I'm in for a ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

HITCHIN HOME

April 11, 2014 | Hitchin Home, New Zealand, Oceania
It's time to start moving, time to head for flyable weather. With wing, thumb and gigantic smile I'm leaving Christchurch and heading north towards Auckland. I'm in for a going-home-adventure of the epic kind. I aim to finish in style: I'm hitch-flying home! A couple of months ago I started looking into ways of returning to Sweden from the other side of the planet. I've decided to continue all the way around and fly (with a commercial aircraft) east instead of west; I'm Los Angeles bound! I have three weeks in the land of the brave and free, the ...
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Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

FROG CASH

April 9, 2014 | New Zealand, Oceania, Stockholm - Singapore

Many loyal followers of THE ESCAPE would've heard of the frogs by now! During 2012 and 2013 I cycled and ventured to raise money for an environmental project aiming ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

FROG CASH

April 9, 2014 | New Zealand, Oceania, Stockholm - Singapore
Many loyal followers of THE ESCAPE would've heard of the frogs by now! During 2012 and 2013 I cycled and ventured to raise money for an environmental project aiming to map out the biological diversity of amphibians in a certain area of Papua New Guinea. Thanks to many small contributions from distant friends and fans I managed to fill my digital treasure-chest with 20.783 SEK (3.700 NZD). An amount that makes a big difference for our slimy friends! For a long while I intended to visit the project on PNG to follow up and show you guys where the ...
NZ Frog
Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

WKND FUN

April 8, 2014 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania

I'm still in CHCH and the unusually long list of things to sort out is getting shorter. In a few days I'll hit the road northbound! Last week I ...

Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.

WKND FUN

April 8, 2014 | Flying Oceania, New Zealand, Oceania
I'm still in CHCH and the unusually long list of things to sort out is getting shorter. In a few days I'll hit the road northbound! Last week I spent too much time at a local car market trying to get my van sold but with a serious lack of buyers it was difficult. I quickly got restless and when skies turned blue and winds light I gave up and set off into the mountains for some paragliding. A truly good call, I was in for a thermic treat. Since WANAKA I've been soaring beautiful coastline but it was time ...
Paragliding Mt. Cheeseman
Erik

Erik, founder of THE ESCAPE, finds excitement on two wheels in remote backcountry.