Description
In the October 2020 issue…
Features
16 Through fear and toward freedom on Te Araroa
How the Te Araroa Trail has helped this tramper control her anxiety
20 Summer Camping
Reflections on the traditional Kiwi summer camping holiday
30 Bookable huts for budding beginners
Tramp-easy on these 10 trips safe in the knowledge a booked bunk awaits
52 The tramping prescription
Three Kiwi trampers open up about their health issues, and how it shapes their experiences in the outdoors
56 The joy and tribulation of long outdoor trips
Long trip advocates explain why they prefer weeks-long tramps to weekend-getaways
Waypoints and Trips
24 See more… Baldies
Eight bare-topped hills, mountains and ranges
26 An easy gateway to the Ruahine tops
Rangiwahia Hut, Ruahine Forest Park
28 Above the sandfly line
Harman Pass, Arthur’s Pass National Park
32 Accessible Fiordland
Cleughearn Peak loop, Fiordland National Park
34 Glimpse into the past
Asbestos Cottage, Kahurangi National Park
35 Exposed ridge route to Pouakai
Pouakai via Dover Route, Egmont National Park
36 A beach hideaway
Motutara Track, Motutara Recreation Reserve
38 An Ella’va tramp
A traverse of the Ella Range in Nelson Lakes National Park is tramping at its finest
42 Back on Brewster
A nerve-wracking spring climb of Mt Brewster in Aspiring National Park
46 Big sky views
Mountain biking the Dusky Trail in Ruataniwha Conservation Park
Skills
60 Almost instant mac ‘n’ cheese
An easy cheesy favourite
61 Stretching your sustenance
How to bulk up your tramping meals without breaking your back
Gear
62 Broken in
Wilderness staff and gear reviewers test their kit for you
63 What’s in my pack
Landscape photographer Crystal Brindle
64 Wild reviews
Three-layer rain jackets and lightweight multi-day packs
66 Gear Guides
2020’s best overnight packs and three-season boots
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 people
Dan Kelly recounts a month-long kayak journey down the Waikato River
14 Near Misses
The winning entry, plus the runners-up, in our personal locator beacon giveaway
74 Track Chat
Fly-fisher Dougal Rilstone writes a special tribute to the river he loves
