Learning From Pros High Mis-Adventure
After 50 years of tramping, Ray Salisbury reveals how the mountains taught him lessons on humility and resilience.
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What I Did Find Darkness and Light in the Olivines
After receiving the tragic news that her partner Lochie is missing, Tara pauses their plans to traverse along the Southern Alps from Cape Farewell to Fiordland to help with his search. When the search is called off, she makes the heavy-hearted decision to continue with the trip. Tara recounts the final leg of her journey as a Simon Bell Memorial Scholarship recipient – a solo trek across the Olivine Ice Plateau towards Red Mountain and down to the ocean at Big Bay.
Classic trips Adams Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Glaisnock Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Hauhungatahi Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Hooker-Landsborough Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Olivine Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Paparoa Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Pembroke Wilderness Area
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Classic Trips Ruakituri Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Raukumara Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Tasman Wilderness Area
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Classic trips Te Tatau-Pounamu Wilderness Area
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Classic trips (Proposed) Southern Wilderness Area
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Classic Trips South West / Cameron Remote Area (proposed Wilderness Area)
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Olivine adventures Chasing Gold in the Arawhata, part 2
The grand-children of John Findlay continue their pilgrimage to the Olivine Range, and the glacier named after him.
Olivine adventures Chasing Gold in the Arawhata, part 1
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.
Barnsey's guide to Wilderness areas
Do you know your parks from your reserves? Which ones might be swapped tomorrow, which will be there for your grandchildren?Understand the legalese behind the land parcels that collectively constitute our public conservation land.
