Near misses and lessons learned

February 2019

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February 2019

Heavy rain on the Anatoki Track made river crossings problematic. From the Near misses story
Tramping is like riding a bike – sooner or later you’ll fall off. It happens to everyone. With tramping, falling off might mean having a scrape with nature that, in hindsight or even at the time, gives you a hell of a fright. Who hasn’t been caught in torrential rain or in blowy conditions? Most […]
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