Stillwaters run deep

February 2011

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February 2011

The still waters of George Sound reflects the hills above
Richard Davies battles sandflies and confronts mobs of deer during a week of fine weather deep in Fiordland National Park I’m lying upside down with my legs in the air. My pack is jammed against the slippery log I had been standing on five seconds earlier. I stand up wincing and kicking myself for rushing. Up […]

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