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Leigh Hopkinson

Leigh is our deputy editor. She spends weekends in the hills and weekdays as a journalist and editor.

By Leigh Hopkinson

While most people still use clothing to rest their heads on, it’s worth shelling out for a proper tramping pillow.

When it comes to tramping pillows, I’ve always been a puffer jacket-in-stuff-sack devotee. It’s not perfect – lumpy, with a tendency to slip out from under my ear – but sufficient. One chilly night while cycle touring, my three-year-old ended up with my puffer as an extra blanket and I found myself without a pillow, […]

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Leigh Hopkinson

Wilderness deputy editor Leigh Hopkinson spends the weekends in the hills with her whānau and weekdays as a journalist and editor. She has a Graduate Diploma of Journalism from the University of Canterbury. A keen tramper, rock climber and newbie mountaineer, she has written for magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Tasman. She’s originally from the West Coast and now lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.