Christmas Baacode

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I've been a fan of Icebreaker for a long time. I can be susceptible to cold but I struggled to find polypropylene tops that would both fit and stretch well enough to run in. After advice from other runners I got a skin 200 longsleeve top, perfect for running in very wintry conditions, breathable, warm flexable, easy to wash without stretching, completely non-piling and comfortable.

I've got a top that I've done most of my half marathon training in, occasionally running in the rain with my top on underneath a lightweight waterproof shell, comfortable, dry, and safe from hypothermia.

One of my cool Christmas gifts was a thin merino top, from ms_little_sister, perfect for running on mild winter days and for tramping. I took it tramping right away wearing it for most of the Heaphy track.

It comes with a baacode, a code that lets you trace the origin of the fibre that made my particular garment. Icebreaker made a world first with this one.

Turns out my top comes from Merino from two stations, one west of Wellington at the top of the South Island called Glen Orkney.

The other is grown by Andrew Hore's dad, the Andrew Hore of Wellington rugby and All Black fame. The station is called Stonehenge station, near Patearoa in Otago, also in the South Island.

The Icebreaker site has videos of both the farmers:

baacode site for my Merino top

It turns out that Glen Orkney has a private track that you can walk on with huts in it. Might be worth investigate for some unique tramping. Perhaps a snowy winter tramp?