Hut bagging family

March 2011

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March 2011

Devil’s Den – DOC’s designer bivouac
Shaun Barnett meets the hut-bagging Glover family of Nelson Hut bagging may not be a Commonwealth Games event, but one Nelson family takes their tramping very seriously – even a bit competitively. Super-keen trampers, the Glovers have between them visited hundreds of huts – and plan to visit all those in the South Island. Parents […]
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