The walk that saved the Milford Track

January 2014

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January 2014

Mackinnon Pass Shelter on the Milford Track. Photo: Wilderness
How a group of young trampers opened the world-renowned track to the masses When 40 excited teens and twenty-somethings boarded a bus bound for Fiordland, they had no idea they were about to embark on a landmark trip that would change the face of tramping in New Zealand. That’s no exaggeration, for without that rebellious bunch […]
Matthew Pike

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