One more hurdle to go – a knife-edge ridge leading to Mt Brewster. Photo: Peter Laurenson

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30th anniversary, Wild Climbing

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Peter Laurenson

A tramper, occasional climber, photographer, editor and writer, Peter has been adventuring for more than 30 years.

By Peter Laurenson

Peter Laurenson finds soft snow an anxiety-inducing experiencing on a spring climb of Mt Brewster in Aspiring National Park.

To mark Wilderness magazine’s 30th anniversary, current and past editors and contributors scoured the archives for the 30 best trips we’ve published over the decades. This story, original published in October 2020, was included. You can find all 30 of the greatest Wilderness trips in the October 2021 issue. As the gradient levelled out, I […]

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Peter Laurenson

Peter is a tramper, occasional climber, photographer, editor and writer. His adventures, spanning 30+ years, come together on his website ‘OccasionalClimber’. Richmond-based, Peter is editor of FMC’s Backcountry and has published three books: Occasional Climber (2013) and Khumbu (2021) and Aotearoa Light (2025).