The hard slog to paradise

March 2013

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March 2013

View from the summit of Black Peak. Photo: Roger Pennycuick
Black Peak, Mt Aspiring National Park It was always going to be a big deal, climbing and dropping more than 2000m in a day. It would take us the best part of 12 hours and this magnified our anticipation to get the journey underway. Unfortunately a drama involving a lost wallet – left at Subway […]
Alistair Hall

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