Pigeon Post, July 2013

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July 2013

Some hut wardens can make your day, others can turn a smile upside down. Photo: Keri Moyle
Letter of the month Wardens not all bad I have tramped and climbed for many years and I have always found hut wardens very helpful, ‘Wardens: Friends or foe’ (June, 2013). In my mid 70s, without sufficient training, I walked the Kepler Track solo. On the second day, while descending the ridge from Luxmore down the […]
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