Description
In the September 2020 issue
Features
The Great Walks
20 Tongariro Northern Circuit: A ring of fire
26 Lake Waikaremoana Track: A living entity
30 Whanganui River Journey: An untouched wilderness
34 Abel Tasman Coast Track: Walk, swim, repeat
38 Heaphy Track: A change of scenery
42 Paparoa Track: A Great Walk on a roll
46 The Best huts on the Great Walks
48 Routeburn Track: A world of possibility
52 Milford Track: More than expected
58 Kepler Track: Earning its place
62 Rakiura Track: Anchored through te ao Māori
Skills
68 Wild Cuisine
Popcorn three ways
69 Botany for trampers
A breakdown of useful plants to know when out on the trail
70 How to clean a water reservoir
Stop mould from taking hold by cleaning your water reservoir
71 Navigation: should I walk?
More benefits of studying a map before you tramp
Gear
72 Wild reviews
Four hiking garments reviewed
74 Broken in
Wilderness staff and gear reviewers test their kit for you
75 What’s in my pack
Veteran tramper Roger Parsons shows us what he takes on his trips
76 Wild gear
How to buy binoculars
78 2020’s tramping stoves
81 2020’s multi-day packs
84 2020’s best hiking shoes
Regulars
4 Editorial
6 Pigeon post
Letters to the editor
8 Last weekend
What did you get up to last weekend?
10 Walkshorts
News from the wild
12 Wild photography
Aligning the stars at Mt Owen
14 Wild people
Illustrator Rachel Gamble-Flint records her adventures with hand-drawn maps
16 Heartland views from the Tararua Tops
Tarn Ridge Hut, Tararua Forest Park
18 See more… imaginative names
Five natural features with unusual names
90 Track Chat
Expedition Earth’s Bridget Thackwray on her globe-spanning driving adventure
