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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Up near Matakana, beautiful seaside walk even if you're not into climbing!!!! www.thecrag.com/en/climbing/...

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The Amphitheatre, Rock climbing | theCrag

The Amphitheatre is a cliff inside of Ti Point

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

So satisfying to finally send Dodor, my long term project at Maungarei Springs (since Oct 2024!!!!). Took more than 50 attempts, and a team of belayers and supporters to get me there. Now my hardest lead (25): youtu.be/ugnYb6DCUKc

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Dodor - Maungarei Springs - Andy Baird Sends!!!!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Since the 21st of October 2024 I've been trying to climb cleanly the route "Dodor" at my local crag Maungarei Springs. Thanks to my dedicated belay and cheer squad it finally went down last Monday night!!!! The route is graded 25, which is now officially my hardest climb. youtu.be/ugnYb6DCUKc

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Dodor - Maungarei Springs - Andy Baird Sends!!!!

YouTube video by Andy Baird

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Lol, Windows Media Player [even after indexing finished] at 80 - 90% CPU usage. VLC Player = 0.6%. Shocking!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Nahhh left hand is throwing for the next hold, think it was a 3 or 4 finger pocket. Was an Ondra yell, although somewhere I have a video of me singing on that route, here you go!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Great Reel Rock event, more progress on my climbing project, and hanging out with my brother and his family for their wedding anniversary 🥰.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Amazing climbing with Zara, weeding the garden, and finally cutting up most of the left over boards from the reno. Only 1 pile left 😅😆😱.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

More sanding and painting, pulled up potatoes and roasted [grown from gone to seed potatoes from Pak n Save 😅]. Replanted seed tomatoes from compost. Didn't send the project, but closer!!!!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Repainted (1) and siliconed (3) our upstairs sets of windows on the front of the house. Few days away at the bach with Kim's cousin. Some climbing, and just lying on the beach or the couch 😀.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Fixed the sticky door [again!], weeded the garden, planted the garden, caught more pests in the traps, got the last of the Christmas Presents!!!! Plus visited the Winter Gardens 😍

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Opened a crag for ACAT, took Zara climbing, cut the lawns, and trimmed the pepper tree that's crowding out all the other trees in our garden. Tomato is recovering after bird attack!

Green field with road on the left hand side, in the distance are some ignimbrite cliffs with a climber on the left arete of a high wall (20 metres). Mature pines dot the top of the cliff.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Had my Birthday, worked on climbing access for Ti Point [for my own curiousity 😅], got together with buddies for climbing for my Birthday, out to dinner with family, and comedy show with my wife 😍.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Walks at Cornwall Park, baking rice pudding, cleaning out the climbing cave and daughter's bedroom, plus movies with my son!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

3 day weekend away climbing, epic weather, great pitches and quiet campsite. Also managed to bake oaty slices before I left!!!!

Image looking out of the back of a triangle shaped cave high over a lake, there are green trees below, a shadowed figure of a man climbs out the top of the cave with rock climbing gear hanging off him.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Nice, very fun Nic Wise, weather almost good enough to do it again now that I've seen your post!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 28/11/2023

When a bird photobombs your climbing, good times!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

Nice! Always somewhere for a walk 💖💖.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

I believe it is, photo was definitely taken in Auckland, I thought it was in the Domain, not sure if you can see Maungawhau from there tho?

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

She's a good girl. Hope you feel better soon!!! My knees got better through activity, but no fun when they get swollen and sore 😱.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Throwing for a hold on "On Patrol in the Ruins of Your Body", great climb, with a spicy finish!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

Gotta love a good infographic!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Top of the central pillar in this shot, amazing location. Freezing at night, but baking in the sun [and out of the wind] during the day!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Diggy diggy! Trying to reduce dampness round the building?

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Great weekend away climbing and camping at Whanganui Bay 😍💖

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Feels pretty quiet to me, I know people moving to Threads, or back to X/Twitter.

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Talking dog robots, the future is here, hard to tell at this stage if it's dystopian or the paradise we dreamed of as kids 🤣🤣🤣. [in usual reality style a bit of a mix of both!] www.youtube.com/watch?v=djzO...

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Making Chat (ro)Bots

We created a robot tour guide using Spot integrated with Chat GPT and other AI models as a proof of concept for the robotics applications of foundational mod...

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

Great time at The Gap conference in Wellington last week. Certainly turned on the sunny, and sometimes windy weather!

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Andy Baird @andybaird.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Checking out Blue Sky, me at Ti Point in August 😍.

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