Total cell phone coverage sounds like a great idea, but it’s affecting our view of the night sky and may change the way we interact in the backcountry. During the 1960s and 70s, some conservationists suggested that the proliferation of huts and tracks would erode the remote nature of the backcountry. Tramping was becoming ‘too easy’. […]
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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.
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