Tramper-migraineur Hazel Phillips ponders how to deal with losing her vision from aura while in the wilderness. The first time I ever got a migraine with aura I was 26m deep, scuba diving on the HMNZS Canterbury wreck in Deep Water Cove, Northland. Sparkles took over one side of my vision, like one of those kaleidoscope toys […]
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.
The 2026 Wilderness Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition
Mt Peel, Kahurangi National Park
Subscribe!
Each issue of Wilderness celebrates Aotearoa’s great outdoors — written and photographed with care, not algorithms.Subscribe and help keep our wild stories alive.
