Rob Brown met Shaun at Massey University in 1989 and the pair have been friends, collaborators and tramping partners ever since. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography

The soundtrack of a tramping friendship

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Time spent outside helps forge friendships – and a love for U2 – that can last a lifetime.

It was 1987. I was in my first year at Massey University in Palmerston North, and U2’s album The Joshua Tree was taking the world by storm. I loved the black-and-white cover photo, and the music filled our hostel. Echoing through the corridors between the rooms. ‘With or Without You’ was the big hit, but […]
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