Ray Salisbury seizes a golden opportunity to travel the Old Ghost Road and discovers that our pioneering past is still near the surface. After all the controversy, delays and marketing hype we have to go see for ourselves this home-grown, grass-roots community effort known as The Old Ghost Road, an 80km journey through pristine wilderness […]
About the author
Ray Salisbury
Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.
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