It was fun seeing the familiar sights of the old ghost road. Thanks for sharing this epic experience with us. Can’t wait to follow in your tracks in this incredible bike rafting experience.

A wonderful video and a great story. Thank you for sharing it with us...❤

What a great adventure 😀

Just doing the loop by bike would be epic enough, but to chuck in the rivers as well, in big water, and to finish on the Kawatiri, mate, most impressive adventure on youtube in a while. Bonus rarely spotted birdlife. And then to turn it into a sumptuous feast for the eyes that is this video. My wife's just come back from a walk in the rain, and I'm trying to be impressed with her, but you've monopolised my impressedness.

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

Жыл бұрын

Monopolised your impressedness😂 pleased you enjoyed…next ones even better

Wow, proper adventure guys well done. Thanks for sharing this. 👍👍

Just watching this again for the hundredth time, looks incredible! Next time Deano, call me!

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Huw Miles you’re on speed dial mate 😉

Excellent video!! Thank you for sharing!!!🤘

Very nice trip, with good filming quality. Really inspiring. Thumbs up and regards from Germany.

Awesome! One day I hope to take a trip like this

Great work! I'm impressed at how well you were able to paddle with a bike on the rafts. I'm a reasonably experienced whitewater kayaker and packrafter but I've only had one attempt at a short test trip with my bike on the front of my alpacka wolverine. I found that the bike severely restricted my ability to paddle properly. I actually gave up on the bike, stashed it in the bushes, continued down the river and came back for it later 😅

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

5 ай бұрын

Rocky rivers are tue worst due tue risk of damaging the bike. But a modern packraft can carry a big load on the bow and as it turns out and awkward one too. Cheers for your comment

Just too cool!!! Rock shelters!!! Wow

Woow, really inspiring trip and top quality video guys, Thanks

Beautiful- man gotta visit those rock sleep outs some time, so sick!

Impressive well thought out shots and thoroughly absorbing. I doff me hat to ya's

Wow. Incredible adventure and beautiful film. Congratulations

Stunning

I wanna do this! Kiwi Land looks amazing!

Awesome adventure guys, well impressed! How come you didn't hook down the Leslie (walk bikes from gridiron) and raft out karamea that would've been epic too?

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

11 ай бұрын

Conversely, too epic.

What a place

💙💚💛

Seriously inspiring video - and fair play to raft with bikes down some of that, pretty gnarly! What were the pack rafts you used? Cheers!

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the kind words. Alpacka Raft, Gnarwhal in the self bailing configuration. I did a review of the boat here; www.deaneparker.nz/blog/2019/4/16/alpacka-raft-gnarwhal-packraft-review

Great bikepack trip love to do it. Not a rafting guy so would stick to the trails instead if possible? Alos wonder if they had a gear list somewhere on a blog or something ?

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the kind words Aydin Productions Ltd. we built this loop around the old ghost road -Heaphy track loop, one of the best singletrack grand loop in NZ. Check the blog I did on our gear here aquabound.com/blogs/resources/our-best-gear-tips-for-bikerafting-adventures

Just wondering, how did you manage food and water? I'm guessing you drank filtered river water? Did you take all your food with you or catch fish? Or was there a way to arrange for food pickups at those places you stayed? Also, since it's salsa sponsored, what were the bikes? Mukluk?

epic

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Mike cheers, it was pretty epic, when Rose went upside down half hour into the first river section, I did wonder what we’d got ourselves into....

What rafts are you all using?

@DeaneParkerAdventureChannel

3 жыл бұрын

Alpacka Gnarwhal, self bailing www.deaneparker.nz/blog/2019/4/16/alpacka-raft-gnarwhal-packraft-review