Tramping with a purpose

March 2017

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March 2017

Members of Pamerston North Tramping and Mountaineering Club do some 'applied tramping' on the Ngamoko Range. Photo: Anthony Behrens
For some, tramping is about leaving the wilderness in better shape than they found it, which means tramping with a purpose.  Depending on who you talk to, it’s either applied tramping or tramping with a purpose, but there are probably other names for it. Good sorts tramping, maybe. “It’s anything you do to help out,” […]
Alistair Hall

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