West Coast tramper and caver Neil Silverwood

July 2021

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Neil Silverwood enjoys lightweight trips in the hills behind Hokitika. “It’s a tramper’s paradise with one of the most complex networks of huts and tracks in the country,” he says. “Slowly, year by year, I’m exploring all of the river valleys and loops”. Silverwood usually disappears into the backcountry alone or with his wife for […]
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