Making a living where humans aren’t supposed to be

October 2023

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October 2023

What makes you a good climber, adventurer and guide? Probably a lack of imagination for doing anything else! I think, for me, it’s always having had a passion for the mountains, but in New Zealand it’s still pretty much impossible to mountaineer professionally. So guiding allowed me to spend time in the mountains and make a career out of it. With […]

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Alistair Hughes

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