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Table of Contents, February 2016
Features
25 Wet wedding in the Eglinton
For this tramping couple, a wedding in Fiordland represents what they love most: the great outdoors
32 Fit in 15 minutes
How to keep your New Year’s resolution and get tramping fit in just 15 minutes
36 The life list
Our pick of the best of everything in the New Zealand outdoors
Waypoints
20 Hokitika’s prettiest destination
Mungo Hut, West Coast
22 See more
Four locations to see the attractive, and often large, totara tree
Regulars
4 Editorial
5 Pigeon post
Letters to the editor
6 Last weekend
What did you get up to last weekend?
8 Walkshorts
News from the wild
12 Wilderness word
14 Wild people
Meet Geoff Spearpoint, a legendary tramper, writer and tireless volunteer
16 Bird spotting
The curious, inquisitive tomtit
18 Photo school
How to take compelling portraits
24 Wild comment
The ‘cargo cult’ thinking behind the proposed Wangapeka Road
28 Off the beaten track
The Gillespie Pass Circuit runs through the heart of magnificent Mt Aspiring National Park
70 Out there
Learning to fly – our correspondent wades into the world of fly fishing
72 Hotshot
Sefton Bivouac, Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
The Manual
Trips, skills, health, gear
60 Skills and cuisine
How to use walking poles
Find north using two stones and stick
How tea tree leaves can cure a troubled tummy
Avoiding rip currents
Sesame honey slice energy bar
62 Wild review
Compact binoculars from Bushnell and Swarovski
63 First look review
MSR’s newest lightweight two-person tent and Exped’s lightest three-season sleeping mat
64 Gear news
The latest in outdoor gear news, trends and innovations
65 Buyer’s guide
65 Compasses (and how to use them)
67 Outdoor watches and mapping software
