In 2008, a person wearing running shoes fell to their death while trying to reach Liverpool Hut. Photo: Kyran Spence

Dying to tramp

July 2018

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July 2018

Every year as many as 11 trampers and climbers die in the backcountry. How are they dying and how can you avoid it? 

After a busy day at work in Christchurch, Erik Monasterio headed to a favourite rock climbing haunt in the Port Hills. He chose a climb he had done 20 times before and well within his 30 years experience, which has included knocking off peaks from the Andes to the Himalayas. And yet it nearly cost […]
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