Living the high life

January 2015

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The author enjoys the rare beauty of unbroken quiet
Ray Salisbury dispels the myth of private walks being for the elderly and unfit while tramping the Awatere Tussock Track Mention ‘private walks’ and my mind conjures up images of gourmet food, hot spas and, perhaps, monotonous, modified front country which poses no real challenge to veteran lovers of The Hills. No longer tramping, these […]
Ray Salisbury

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Ray Salisbury

Ray Salisbury is an author and photographer living in Nelson with his wife and cat. He studied design and photography and has been contributing to Wilderness since 1997. His books include Tableland: The history behind Mt Arthur and EPIC: Adventures across Aotearoa. Ray began tramping with a camera more than 50 years ago and has visited over 500 backcountry huts.

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