No tramper left behind

March 2017

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March 2017

Rather than leave your injured companions behind, wait until rescue arrives. Photo: Caroline Bellamy
From ad hoc hiking groups formed online to decades-old tramping buddies, a look at how leadership can make or break a tramping trip.  There’s a phenomenon in tramping that Noel Bigwood calls, “the Sunday afternoon scramble”. “When trampers head out of the bush on a Sunday afternoon, they’ll have their last rest stop, and then […]
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