Scarpa Mont Blanc climbing boots $899Used by: Features writer Hazel ‘climbing grom’ PhillipsUsed for: One winter There is a time in every baby mountaineer’s life when they realise their robust tramping boots and strap-on crampons are no longer cutting it. When that time came for me, I took a punt on a pair of Scarpa […]
About the author
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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