Just starting out on your tramping journey? Or would you like to introduce your friends to the mountains, but don’t want to frighten them with steep hills and dangerous tracks? Here’s 10 introductory trips to whet your appetite 1. Welcome Flat, Westland National Park Brave the tourist traffic to follow in the footsteps of Charlie Douglas […]
About the author
Ray Salisbury
Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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