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Some of you may relate to this: you’re tramping in the dusk with your headtorch after misjudging how long it would take to reach the hut. You’re stumbling up another ridge, legs burning. Your hiking friends are somewhere behind you – or are they in front? You’ve been walking for six hours and you hope […]
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Kathy Young

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Kathy Young

Kathy Young is a freelance writer and editor based on Banks Peninsula. Originally from the UK, she spent her childhood tramping England’s footpaths and bridleways alongside her father, who considered his complete collection of Ordnance Survey maps among his most prized possessions! These days, she’s transferred that passion to Aotearoa, where she pores over the NZ Topo maps plotting her next adventure into New Zealand’s hidden corners.

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