Every tramper can identify with Type 1 and Type 2 fun, but is it time to rethink the paradigm? follow a lady from Christchurch on social media who has just started tramping. She recently posted an Instagram story in which, between puffy breaths chugging up a peak, she questioned why she keeps doing this when […]
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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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Rethinking the fun framework
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