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• Post #3622674

  And yet another submission, this time on the NZ Conservation Amendment Bill: https://patricklam.ca/post/20260706-submission-conservation-amendment-bill/ > As I write this on 6 July, a rainfall gauge in Dunedin reports 160mm of rain in the last 48 hours. Conservation lands and the Department of Conservation are a key tool that we have in terms of adaptation and resilience. Reducing our climate actions is the opposite of mitigation, and we cannot afford to do so, looking beyond the purely eco...

• Post #3156673

  Photos dump time. Posted 22 sets of photos in May, which is up from January-April but not as many as late last year. The backlog is back down to under two years, with the next set being from the Ghost Ridge in late June/July 2024. https://patricklam.ca/post/20260605-may-photos/ While looking at these pictures, I did note that the Cascade Saddle and the Tour du Mont Blanc had a lot more epic mountain pictures than the Travers-Sabine.

• Post #2519063

  I did write a modest photos post for March & April: https://patricklam.ca/post/20260501-march-april-photos/ It's mostly pictures from Cascade Saddle in February 2026, but includes random other pictures from the archives across Aotearoa and some from the Eastern Townships outside Montréal. #SouthernAlps #Quebec

• Post #2309108

  Wellington City Council is asking for feedback on the proposal to cut the $10.5 million budget for cycleways for 2026/27 to $3.4 million. Here's what I think: Look, I think that the cycleways program should be even more than budgeted. The State of Transport in Wellington City report from January 2026 says that the total spend on local roads was something like $180 million in 2023/24. $10 million for the bike network program is a drop in the bucket compared to that, and it helps reduce w...

• Post #1870278

  Am on the last set of pictures from the Cascade Saddle. In order of confidence: Mount Aspiring/Tititea; Mount Avalanche; ??. All from the same viewpoint and I can see the unknown peak in the background and sort of to the right of Plunket Dome. Also close to where I had that Mount Maori picture earlier. #SouthernAlps

• Post #1157443

  Found while removing baseboard in my house. #EasterEgg

• Post #916776

  I spent my copious free time in March writing a trip report for our Cascade Saddle tramp in February. It sure is scenic. #NZ #tramping #SouthernAlps https://patricklam.ca/post/20260331-trip-report-cascade-saddle/

• Post #754166

  Can we stop retooting that Fortune article about the US being insolvent by a forced balanced budget propaganda guy?! #USpol