Crystal Brindle

Crystal became a member of the FMC executive in May 2018. She first joined FMC as an overseas individual member in 2015 while living in Alaska because she couldn’t stand spending five months without access to information about the New Zealand outdoors. She now lives in New Zealand full-time and immerses herself in the mountains as a ranger for the Department of Conservation (DOC), a landscape photographer, an avid tramper, and a keen trail runner.

Photo Essays

Milford Isolation A Ranger’s Diary

By Crystal Brindle| 2018-10-23T11:10:23+00:00 October 23rd, 2018

It may be one of the most popular walks in the world but what happens when winter reclaims the landscape?

Our Nature

Kowhai The Dancing Tree

By Crystal Brindle| 2018-11-07T09:56:33+00:00 October 7th, 2018

Stepping onto the small ‘Adventure Craft’ takes me across the Waiau River – that small impediment that keeps people from exploring this section of the park as often as they otherwise might.