Highways – and byways – for all

April 2013

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April 2013

Easy tracks might put off more experienced trampers but they do encourage more people outside. Photo supplied
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 […]
Hazel Phillips

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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.

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