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Wake up somewhere different

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By Ricky French

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By Ricky French

Trampers wake up in wonderful places all the time – a backcountry hut, a remote campsite. But some people take it to the next level and sleep in weird and wonderful places.

Back in the summer of 2005, I went for a two-nighter in the Tararua Range. We’d planned our destination for the second night to be the new Elder Hut, located just above the bush line on Renata Ridge, which forks off the popular Southern Crossing route south of Mt Hector. Setting off from Kime Hut […]

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