Chris Long has left Gorge River, but his remote upbringing has shaped his life and helped him become a gifted storyteller. Working in Antarctica, sailing the Northwest Passage, writing an autobiography – a serious adventurer might add these to their bucket list. Thirty-year-old Chris Long, the oldest child of New Zealand’s remotest family, has already […]
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Leigh Hopkinson
Wilderness deputy editor Leigh Hopkinson spends the weekends in the hills with her whānau and weekdays as a journalist and editor. She has a Graduate Diploma of Journalism from the University of Canterbury. A keen tramper, rock climber and newbie mountaineer, she has written for magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Tasman. She’s originally from the West Coast and now lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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