Can we harness the power of the tramping hive mind to uncover New Zealand’s top toilet? And is a soft-close loo lid going, well, too far? n January the world of tramping toilets changed forever. The Backcountry Trust (BCT) installed a soft-close toilet seat on the thunderbox at Taruarau Biv in the Ruahine Range. Since […]
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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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