Clueless Jafa to backcountry Jedi

February 2012

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February 2012

Emlyn Wright leads the way down from the Black Range. Photo: Josh Gale
Wilderness staff writer Josh Gale learns there’s more to going bush than knowing how to read a map Staring out across the river valley toward the snow capped Southern Alps, a pounding house beat secretly fills my ears. Accompanied by dizzying keyboard and saxophone loops, a cacophony of electronic samples and the stirring vocals of […]
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