ZM's Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley - Fletch, Vaughan & Hayley's Lil Bitta Pod - 2nd April 2024

Episode Date: April 1, 2024

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Fleshborn and Hayley's Little Bitter Pod Great things are brewing at McCafe The perfect start to every day Welcome to A Little Bit of Pod And we're back after the Easter break We're back better than ever Sorry Actually no guarantees we're better than ever

Has someone had a nice coffee? I've had a nice coffee You've had a nice coffee, you're a little bit edgy I did a lovely hike over the weekend I worry for you. We do look pretty great. We do these solo hikes. I don't know, you break an ankle, fall down.

No one will know. Great photo for the Herald article, though. Great. You put some photos up. You always got to upload as you go because if you get to the top, tackle the photos, and then walk down, and it's on the walk down the disaster happens, no one gets to see the cool photos.

True. And then the Herald's not going to have one last seen here. It'd be a cool photo looking up at the rescue helicopter as it's winching you up. Yeah, that'd be cool.

How many people do you reckon they have to tell off for like, trying to get a picture when they're on the, because what do they call it? A gurney. A gurney, yeah.

They lay on and they hoist you up. Yeah, they hoist you up. Yeah. Yeah. But no, a lot of people concerned for my safety. You guys were worried that you'd have to continue the live shows without me. Yeah, and I don't want to push those buttons.

I simply couldn't. I simply couldn't. I'd be in mourning. I've got an emergency beacon. These hikers are so good, Fletch. It was such an incredible hike. So this hike has been on my bucket list forever. I've tried to go down like five times in the last like eight months.

Yeah. And every time the weather was shit, I cancelled. This weekend, like last Wednesday, I was like, fuck, I'm going. He said fuck. I said fuck. I said fuck it. I'm doing it. He said fuck it.

Man of the people flew Jetstar. No. I just want to get that in there. You only flew on Jetstar to retain your gold Qantas membership. So not really man of the people. Man of the people. And actually it was 20 minutes early getting back. They run a tight ship.

Didn't even weigh my chicken bags either. He's been converted. I may have been converted. You just may have had some conversion therapy. You're willing to fly Jetstar. I like terrible eggs too much. But it was beautiful. So it was all set up.

It stayed the night in Mount Cook Village. Oh, must be nice. No, not at the Hermitage. Yeah, that place is ooh-la-la. Where were you? Just at the lodge. At the lodge. Just at the lodge.

But so many tourists in their camper vans. That campsite's ginormous. Oh, yes. So many campers here. Not just like- Very popular. Kiwis on Easter. It was just all overseas tourists.

They're back. The tourists are back. Yeah. And so I got up- Shitting on the side of the road, baby. Dump them back. Kicking a bit of dust on them. Yeah, chucking their rubbish out the window and driving away being like,

whoopsie-daisy, I forgot to pick up my shit. So Saturday morning, I woke up pick up my shit. So, Saturday morning I woke up early because of my body clock and I was like, well, let's go now and beat the, because this hike to Mulehart and to the Tarns before that is very popular. Yes, I bet. It is heaving with tourists. So, I'm

ended up sitting off at 4.45 because I'm awake. I woke up at like 4 and I was like, well, I'm awake now. It's dark. Yeah, I've well i'm awake now it's dark i've got a head torch it's fine oh you uh your mother and i worry about you when you get off on your head like the moon was like three quarter moon it was so beautiful you just see and it was clear like i could see mount cook all the mountains and ice stars i saw a shooting star i heard like i heard no i didn didn't. Because it's just rubbish.

Once for nothing. What are you wishing for? The man has got everything. Yeah. And I heard avalanches from the mountains around. I heard keels. Cool time to only be by your head torch. No, no.

So this is no avalanches on, low avalanche risk on this hike. And so I'm sitting out at 4.45. I start my watch and I'm looking ahead and you can see the track. because you basically go straight up this hillside before you get to the mountain. Steps. Like 2,000, no, 20,000 or 2,000 steps, something like that. I'd be puffing. And so I look up, and I'm like, I don't see any lights, no head torches. I'm like, I'm the first one on the track.

Did you take a piss? Mark your territory? Do you know what I mean? I did do a wheeze, but just like halfway up, I'm like, do a wheeze. I've got my head torch. And I'm like,

it is so insanely beautiful. I'm not talking to myself. I'm like, wow. Like, oh my God, this is so amazing. Like, you know, like who cares? No one's around.

Yeah. Go up. And then all of a sudden I see this light just ahead of me. Oh no, they've heard no. They've heard you. They've heard me. I'll be talking to myself because I think no one's around.

Fletchy, fletchy, going on a hike. Why are you fletched? Step, step. Walk, walk, nearly there. Doing well, wee. Nearly there. Good boy. Doing well.

Good boy. Yeah, and this German tourist has been going up with outer head tours. They had one. But I wasn't on. I'm assuming that because they heard me talking to myself, like, oh my god! I'd sit here and avalanche and it's like, whoa! These guys coming up behind us must be twin brothers because their voices are the same. Boy, they're having a great time. It's not great. You remember the last time I was hiking, I did a fart

and then turned around and that lady was there. Oh my god, I've got to be more aware. Anyway, they must have heard me coming. And it was just this one German backpacker. She had no gear, just a backpack. Jeez. She had no poles. It was like, you know, it was quite snowy near the top. The tourists do that, though.

I know. They think our mountains are easy. Yeah. They're not. And then so I overtook her. I was like, okay, no, I guess I don't talk to myself. Oh, you overtake. Yeah.

But if you ever get the chance to do that. You had it pretty much to yourself. You should have gone up and around the corner a little bit more and started talking to yourself more about like, oh, she was all right. Yeah, she was all right. Yeah, I reckon we could get her kidneys. Yeah, she looks like she had good genes, good genetics. Hey, Bruno, she'll drop back further and then you get more time to yourself on the track. Yeah, yeah.

Well, I overtook her and got ahead. So did you get to see the sunrise? Yeah. Oh. It was amazing. Nice. And people were actually like camping out on the ridge in tents. Oh, wow.

Like on the snow. Wow. Snow things. It was insane. It's honestly one of the most beautiful hikes that you can do in New Zealand. Yeah. I think I'd die though. The steps.

You know when you sit up and you're like, I feel like a hike. Hikes aren't that hard. You can book the hut and stay. I want to stay in the hut. That's my next time to do it. In New Zealand. I think I'd die, though. The steps. You know when you sit up and you're like, I feel like a hike. Hikes aren't that hard. Well, you can book the hut and stay. I want to stay in the hut. That's my next time I do that. I'm going to stay the night. The Mule of Hutt. Yeah, the Mule of Hutt.

It's beautiful. Is that the orange one? Yeah. Yeah, that's cool. And there were kias, like, chewing at the aerials. Little shit. Oh, little fuckers. Don't encourage that behaviour.

They set their tent up, and the kia was, like, picking the tent to bits. So to run and, like like shoo it away. But yeah, it's incredible. If you ever get the chance to do that, unreal. Beautiful. Great rec. Yeah. Great rec.

Is it recommendation? Yeah. Recreation. Or recommendation. It could have been all reccy. Great reccy. Yeah. Okay.

Great recommendation. Thanks.