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The Nevis Bluff Wines party at Siberia Hut
Headlamps increase visibility from the air A great means of being seen by helicopters (Wild skills, July 2015), especially in low light conditions, is looking at the helicopter with a head torch on. I had cause to look for a couple of misplaced trampers who failed to turn up at an agreed rendezvous and spotted […]

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