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Black clouds add to the dramatic view from Urchin in the Kaimanawa Ranges, which is a very nice peak to bag. Photo: Marcus Bai
People collect all sorts of things, so why not peaks? And as Edith Leigh discovers, peak bagging is great way to get outdoors and see the country If Jon Povey hadn’t been diagnosed with cancer, the sport of peak bagging might never have got off the ground in New Zealand. Discovering you have Hodgkin’s lymphoma […]

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