Walking the Historic Kill Devil Pack Track
The Historic Kill Devil Pack Track gives trampers a rare opportunity to do a four-day walk with minimal evidence of modern interference, amid traces of the gold mining days. The...
Rebecca Hayter
Devil in the detail
How three old-timer huts were saved from the fiscal axe Not so long ago, the old huts of Kahurangi National Park wore the weariness of decades; their timbers were gaping;...
Go to the mountains
After 35 years without lacing up her boots, Rebecca Hayter discovers that by taking baby steps, she has learned to love the hills again I STOOD ON the deck of Fenella Hut in Kahurangi National Park, sipped...
Bitten by the Dragons Teeth
Warwick Briggs has tramped the Dragons Teeth more times than anyone. But the Teeth are a dangerous place and no one can become complacent. Warwick Briggs balanced on a near-vertical...
What a relief
Rebecca Hayter meets a map maker who creates visually-stunning topo maps specifically for trampers During his 40 years as a cartographer with LINZ, Geoff Aitken put his mark on a...