August 2017

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August 2017

Peter and Danilo at the campsite above Blockade Stream. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
To mark Wilderness magazine’s 30th anniversary, current and past editors and contributors scoured the archives for the 30 best trips we’ve published over the decades. This story, original published in August 2017, was included. You can find all 30 of the greatest Wilderness trips in the October 2021 issue. Shaun Barnett contemplates risk and failure […]
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