Tasmania: Its really old
Tasmania is a tramper’s wonderland of ancient geology, flora and fauna, and so different to Aotearoa that it’s hard to believe we are neighbours.
Tasmania is a tramper’s wonderland of ancient geology, flora and fauna, and so different to Aotearoa that it’s hard to believe we are neighbours.
Max Truell and friends from the Western Springs College Tramping Club venture out on their biggest tramp yet.
$26.5 million dollars has been allocated to re-development around the "Pancake Rocks" at Dolomite Point. Neil Silverwood questions the wisdom of this project, and ponders whether DOC's focus has shifted from conservator to developer..
Tarsh Turner looks back on her journeys through Aotearoa's wild places and as she learns to channel her passion into valuing and defending them.
Anne Taylor from the Southland Tramping Club explains why you should get some proper training before heading out on your own packrafting adventures.
Failure is inevitable in the mountains, yet the only time we truly fail is when we do not grow from such experiences. Failure teaches us resilience in the face of future hardship.
Done a bit of tramping on the eastern side of the north island? Chances are you've stayed at a Heretaunga Tramping Club hut. Glenda Hooper and four club mates from HTC visit a favourite spot and recall the clubs hard work building huts and tracks there in the 40's, 80's and today.
Not just for adventure racers or soliders any more; packrafters beware! Timothy Hargrave gives us the low down on rotting feet in Fiordland.
A solo tiny tramper sets her sights on the trail for a life-changing five month journey. By Julie Stacey
A solo tiny tramper sets her sights on the trail for a life-changing five month journey. by Julie Stacey.
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Penzy Dinsdale offers us a few thoughts about Aquanauting in the Otago Uni Tramping Club (OUTC)
Alpine tops, grade 2 rapids, southern ocean and two perfectly calm crossings of Hauroko, the "Lake of the sounding wind". Jamie McAuly had a dream trip by all accounts...
A remote West Coast river, packrafting, rain, a lack of information about paddling descents; for Chris Abel, it was hard to think of more exciting ingredients for an adventure.
Sally Stockdale explains why her club began running a photo competition again.
On Christmas Eve we set off from the West Arm of Lake Manapouri with around a weeks’ worth of food, packrafting and tramping gear, a bunch of TOPO maps and loose plans to make it to Foveaux Strait. We had a small box of food delivered to Lake Roe Hut on the Dusky Track to pick on the way. For two weeks we linked together rivers, Fiords, lakes, some trails and a few different mountain ranges to make it to the Southern Ocean.
Aimee Smith steps up from passenger to trip leader on a glorious paddle down the Clutha.
Sometimes inspiration comes at you from a strange angle.
The grand-children of John Findlay continue their pilgrimage to the Olivine Range, and the glacier named after him.
The seed was planted for this trip a couple of years ago, when my sister and I were was told that there was a glacier in the Olivine Ranges named after our late grandfather, John Findlay.
Hugh Canard reflects on a few past (mis)adventures which make him grateful for the modern packrafts we have these days.
Joe Bugden and Greg Tilden commit to the exploration of a world class technical canyon in the Dart valley.
Hueristic traps can negatively influence outdoor decision making. Maria Hamelink recalls a few learning experiences which cemented her vow to "never cross a river just because someone says its ok."