Is the conservation estate for everyone or, asks Hazel Phillips, is it only for an elite few? We met Derry Kingston on the Heaphy Track last year. He’s a wiry type, clearly quite fit and strong, and must absolutely cane it along the track when he’s going at full speed. Derry does car relocations and […]
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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.
Kuataika and Smyth Ridge tracks, Waitākere Ranges Regional Park
In search of greatness
Maungatautari Over the Mountain Track, Waikato
Lake Stream Hut, Victoria Forest Park
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