All the mountain gear – Penzy’s friends joined her for some sections of the traverse. Photo: Penzy Dinsdale

10 gear lessons after traversing the Southern Alps

May 2024

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A non-stop 85-day traverse of the Southern Alps is hard on the body, mind and especially gear.

I set off from the Divide Shelter on the Milford Road in late spring, and I had no idea how long this adventure would take, nor exactly where it would take me. I planned to traverse the Southern Alps and needed to be at Farewell Spit by the end of January. I had a rough […]
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