A lifetime of summits

February 2017

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February 2017

Penny Webster has climbed 24 of New Zealand’s highest mountains. Photo: Supplied
Penny Webster has finished her 37-year mission to bag all of New Zealand’s 3000m peaks Despite climbing 24 of New Zealand’s 3000m peaks, mountain climber Penny Webster still calls herself an amateur. She’s ticked off a total of 72,000m, spread over the course of the past 35 years. Webster, now 57, finished her 24th summit […]
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