Scott David Plumlee: 26 books

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 25th volume I will be taking a tourist bus from Haast down to Queenstown, as I surrender to a painful knee issue. In the capitol city I painted the town pink with a gang of backpackers, packed my bike and...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 21st volume I will be hiking a two-day loop in the Arthur's Pass National Park up to Lagoon Saddle. After hitch-hiking to the trailhead, we hiked up the Cass River Valley, and down to the 20-bunk Hamilton...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 19th volume I will be cycling south along the east coast to Christchurch, where we stayed with a local Warmshower host. We rented a car to gather green-lipped mussels for dinner, and drove out to the Banks...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 15th volume I'll be hiking 45km of the Able Tasman Track. I'll start my adventure by cycling from Picton to Motueka, taking a bus to Marahau, and then a water taxi out to Totaranaui Beach. We will...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this tenth volume I'll be cycling across the North Island from Turangi to Stratford along the infamous Forgotten World Highway. Along the way I will be climbing up a half dozen mountains, passing through the...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 23rd volume I will hike with my cycling friends along the legendary Copland Track. After pedaling from Fox Glacier to the trailhead, we hiked 18km along the turquoise-blue Copland River; traveled through spooky...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 17th volume I'll be summiting Mount Angelus in the Nelson Lakes National Park from the Angelus Hut. We will climb past blue alpine lakes up an impossibly steep scree-slope to the 2075-meter summit. After...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 22nd volume I will be cycling south with some new friends to Fox Glacier. I white-knuckled a very steep descent from Arthur's Pass down to the west coast highway, where we surprisingly served as first...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this fifth volume I'll be cycling south to the volcanically active town of Rotorua with pools of bubbling mud, shooting geysers, and lots of natural hot springs to soak in. Next I'll cycle out to Lake...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 18th volume I will be cycling through the desolate alpine valleys of the Rainbow Crossing to Hanmer Springs. We will be pedaling for three days against ice-cold headwinds, across hand-numbing corrugated-rough...

Come join me for this 50-image photo journal as I cycle and hike across New Zealand. In this 11th volume I'll be hiking across the southeast face of Mount Taranaki. I start my adventure at the East Edmont Ski Resort and then hike along the Enchanted Track, crossing a 60-foot-high swing bridge...

Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry shows how to create beautiful, dimensional silver, copper, and brass chains using simple tools. The main style is based on the elegant, classical Byzantine pattern, and uses the Golden Ratio to determine the circumference of a chain’s interlocking rings based...