Got a nagging problem that you just can’t solve? Walking can help with that. It’s dark when I leave for my morning walk. My body knows the 3km trek intimately, leaving my mind to wander. Some days I work through problems. Other days, solutions simply pop into my head. Almost always, I arrive home thinking […]
About the author
Leigh Hopkinson
Wilderness deputy editor Leigh Hopkinson spends the weekends in the hills with her whānau and weekdays as a journalist and editor. She has a Graduate Diploma of Journalism from the University of Canterbury. A keen tramper, rock climber and newbie mountaineer, she has written for magazines and newspapers on both sides of the Tasman. She’s originally from the West Coast and now lives in Ōtautahi Christchurch.
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