I would like to think I am generally pretty staunch when it comes to pain but tucked down in the foetal position in the lee of the summit and experiencing the excruciating pain as blood returned to my fingers, I was a long way from looking in control. I may have even been close to […]
About the author
Hazel Phillips
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.
Ministry of Works Historic Hut, Kahurangi National Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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