Paying hut fees is a demonstration of respect towards the ‘best backcountry hut network in the world’, writes Shaun Barnett Veteran tramper Pete Lusk previously wrote that he wouldn’t pay hut fees ever again, and also claimed when he started tramping in the mid-1960s, ‘all the huts were free.’ He went on to castigate DOC […]
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Why we should pay huts fees
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