The slopes of Taranaki have long drawn adventurers. One day in 1887, a party led by Thomas Dawson (after whom Dawson Falls is named) ascended the subsidiary cone known…
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At a glancePlusses: Indestructible, campfire cooking, can burn multiple fuel typesMinuses: Weight, slow boil and cooking times Weight: 470g Features: This stove can burn multiple fuel types – wood, charcoal,…
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User-friendly innovations, sourced from people who have used PLBs in survival situations feature on the latest ACR Electronics ResQLink Personal Locator Beacons: the ResQLink View ($679), and ResQLink 400…
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Location awareness is the knack of staying in tune with your surroundings for accurate navigation, writes Noel Bigwood While you are walking it’s important to look, listen, feel and…
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Trampers are always inquisitive about what’s over the pass, what’s beyond the ridge, or what’s around the corner I gain great satisfaction searching names on topomap.co.nz, because it throws…
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Your votes and been counted, and the 2019 Wilderness Reader’s Choice Outdoor Awards have come down to the wire. But there can only be one winner in each category,…
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It was a late-summer cyclone that sent us over the high hills of Hokitika to the ‘best backcountry hut in the world’. For months, the four of us had been...
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