The challenge: To cross one of the roughest most unforgiving and most unpredictable stretches of water in the world in a tiny, poorly maintained, open wooden boat. Just what, pray tell is going on in Cook Strait these days? This troubled and turbulent stretch of water is attracting far more than its fair share of […]
In last weeks incident, Ellis Emmett (33) of Cheviot and his dutch friend, sailed from the Kapiti coast, 70 kms north of Wellington with intentions to sail to Gore Bay (a journey of approximately 300 kms). Mr Emmett said, “We understood the risks we were taking and our trip, as far as Gore Bay was definitely achievable.”
‘Growing Today Magazine’ – New Zealand – October, 2005 – Magazine feature on ‘The Tree House’. Ellis Emmett always knew that one day he’d build his own dream home – his own design – his own way – his own rules. Jane Buxton takes a look inside ‘The Tree House’.
A Cheviot man is quietly carving out a television career in Canada. Nobody took him seriously, so he decided to travel the world to get the experience he needed. After a chance encounter in Cambodia he met up with Canadian film crew and has since been offered the position of television presenter for the adventure travel show. ‘Don’t Forget Your Passport’ is syndicated to 80 countries with an estimated audience of 65 million viewers.
Ellis Emmett has a job many other young Kiwis can only dream of. As one of the presenters of a Canadian adventure travel show, he gets to explore the world and talk about it — to a potential audience of 65 million people.
‘A Wild Obsession’ written by Ellis Emmett and published by The Caxton Press, distributed by Harper Collins Publishers – books of hunting yarns are common enough, but few can have been written with the manic enthusiasm with which Ellis Emmett recounts his adventures and misadventures chasing enormous boars in the North Canterbury back blocks. Jan says “I look at life with Ellis as something akin to being shut in a small room with berserk superball. Physically exhausting and just a little bit risky.
Book review by ‘The Southland Times’ – A Wild Obsession, by Ellis Emmett, is a hilarious record of hunts, dogs, misadventures, failures and successes It is written with a great deal of humour and perception and will have you laughing non-stop from cover to cover.
Timaru Coroner Edgar Bradley says he is satisfied the body of an Auckland climber is irrecoverable. Mr Bradley held an inquest yesterday into the death of John Lyburn Sutherland, 25. Sergeant Geoff McCrostie siad he was told on December 30 that four climbers were overdue from a climb on Mount D’Archiac (Ellis Emmett, Andrew Ashley, Malcolm and John Sutherland), in the Rangitata Valley, and organized a search.
Grave fears are held for the safety of climbers in the Southern Alps. It is believed that a climber has fallen down a crevasse near the summit of Mt D’Archiac, in the headwaters of Lake Tekapo, on Wednesday night.
Two climbers feared dead. Two climbers are feared dead after falling from a ridge on Mount D’rchiac in the Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park. Mr Swanson said climbers going into the Southern Alps knew the risks of their sport. New Zealand Alpine Club spokesman Jeoff Gabites said Mount D’Archiac attracted only the most experienced climbers. “It is a mountain with a reputation. It;s a long way from anywhere and it’s got a sad background.
