After being caught mid-stream in nothing but her birthday suit, Hazel Phillips ponders the various types of nudity found in the backcountry Close to Hope Kiwi Lodge on the Harper Pass Track, the Kiwi River runs past. From there you can see right up the valley, in the direction of Kiwi Saddle, a decent expanse […]
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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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