You don’t have to suffer along gruelling tracks in appalling weather for your journey to become an adventure. In fact, if you’re trying to get tramping newbies to love your pastime, it’s best if the experience is far easier. I once hiked to Kauritatahi Hut in Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park with my friend Jane. She’s a […]
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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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