In the wake of a tragic accident on Mt Ruapehu, Hazel Phillips ponders subjective and objective risk
I’m writing this five days after a climber slipped and fell into Crater Lake on Mt Ruapehu. Magesh Jagadeesan, a 32-year-old climber who was well-equipped, experienced, and much-loved by many people, sadly lost his life. On September 22, I was in a group that reached the col between Paretetaitonga and Dome to find a helicopter […]
Hazel Phillips is an alpine adventurer and the author of Fire & Ice, Solo, and Great Hearts. A firm believer that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, she’s passionate about representation in the outdoors. She is a self-confessed Ruapehu addict, and she’s never met a topo map she didn’t get along with.
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In the wake of a tragic accident on Mt Ruapehu, Hazel Phillips ponders subjective and objective risk
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