A perfect day at Lake Hawea

June 2012

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June 2012

It wasn’t that long ago that no one knew where Lake Hawea was, overshadowed as it was by nearby Wanaka. The small lakeside town now boasts the highest number of Everest summits per population of any town outside of Nepal, with local guide Mark Sedon one of them. When he’s not off on expeditions or […]

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