There’s one thing everyone who tramps into old age has in common – they just get out there and do it. Photo: David Williams

Tramping for life

November 2018

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Want to be still tramping in your 80s? George Driver talks to the elders of the backcountry to discover the philosopher’s stone of tramping

Neill Simpson’s first tramp changed his life. Arriving at Tongariro National Park on a Friday evening, the frosted landscape sparkled under the moonlight; Mt Ngauruhoe grumbled, belching out red-hot rocks which rolled down its symmetrical flank. The year was 1954, he was 21, Ngauruhoe was erupting. “It was such a memorable evening, I’ll never forget […]
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