Welcome!

My name is Mark Eaglesfield. This blog shares info about many of the day-hikes that I've done, and about several other excursions.

The focus is hikes in Aotearoa New Zealand, especially the Otago and Canterbury regions of South Island. Above the treeline, tussock and rocks dominate the terrain, so I chose tussock.rocks as my domain name. For other countries, I post the most interesting hikes, and/or round-ups of groups of hikes by region.

I thank my family and friends for their encouragement as I’ve built this blog.

Keeping in touch

Feel free to post questions/comments at the bottom of the page for each hike. I appreciate corrections of my mistakes.

You can email me with anything time-sensitive. Use the simplest possible Gmail address for my name.