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Thumbnail of Sam Smoothy | Ice climbing The Remarkables, Queenstown

4th October 2022

3min

Staying Balanced Under Pressure | A Pro Skier's Tips

Story | Life as an international pro skier doesn’t mean snow safety takes a backseat when out in the backcountry. Sam Smoothy is known for pushing his limits having created...

Thumbnail of Alpine Hunting | Main Divide

18th July 2022

4min

Up where the tahr thrive | Cam's alpine adventure

Story | We touched base with hunter Cam Forlong after a family tahr hunt along the Main Divide provided some lessons as another memorable trip for the books.

15th June 2022

5min

Up the Creek With a Paddle | An Adventurer's Story

Story | Dunc Wilson, an experienced multimodal explorer and author, who has some adventures to share from the land and water of our backyard. Every experience, good or bad, can...

8th April 2022

3min

Always ready for a night out

Story | There is more than one reason to pack an emergency shelter when heading outdoors, but for Doug Richards it is simple. “I have a wife and young family...

15th March 2022

3min

20 Years on the Coast | LandSAR Rescuer’s Perspectives

Story | Heading deep into the mountains of the West Coast with the hopes of finding missing hunters and trampers alive is the reality of Marius Bron’s work with LandSAR....

Thumbnail of Orongorongo River, Marli Wingens

22nd December 2021

2min

These boots are made for walking

Story | I was a little nervous tying the laces of my new tramping boots recently. The frayed threads and gaping holes meant that my first pair of tramping boots my mum bought me when I was...

Thumbnail of Backyard Travel Family at the Hooker Hut Aoraki Mt Cook National Park

2nd December 2021

3min

Summer Stays to Get Away: Hooker Hut

Story | If you are thinking about embarking on your first overnight journey with your family, then the Hooker Hut is an absolute must do.

Thumbnail of Descending into a beautiful dawn Alastair McDowell

15th September 2021

3min

'Sometimes it’s not that easy to turn back’

Story | Turning around, with your objective not completed, can be one of the most difficult decisions to make in the mountains. Finding the right balance of risk and reward is a fine art, often honed with experience. ...

28th July 2021

3min

A Kiwi on a ‘hut bagging’ challenge

Story | People make their adventures memorable in all sorts of ways - from saving boarding passes and claiming peaks, to tallying up backcountry huts known as ‘hut-bagging’. We chatted...

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