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MARCH 2014 know more, do more, live more

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CONTENTS

MARCH 2014

FEATURES

34 Cliff hanger

You’ve gone too far, you can’t go back

and you’re frozen to the spot… what

do you do?

38 Winning photos

Take a look at the best photos submitted

to the Wilderness photo competition

46 $UWKXU·V3DVV

(Z[OL[OHUUP]LYZHY`VM[OLÄYZ[JYVZZ￾ing of Arthur’s Pass approaches, Wilder￾ness looks back on its history and the new

walking track opening this month

50 Naming rights

How prominent outdoor features are

named and why getting a mountain named

after yourself is a matter of life or death

WAYPOINTS

18 Destinations

Liverpool Hut, Mt Aspiring National Park

20 See more

Three unique huts all made out of stone

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You’ll need to watch your footing on these

10 frighteners

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THE MANUAL

Trips, skills, health, gear

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56 Jollie Brook Circuit, Lake Sumner

Forest Park

58 Waipu Caves Walk, Waipu Caves Sce￾nic Reserve

59 Te Toiokawharu, Waitakere Ranges

Regional Park

60 Hole in the Hill, Charleston, West

Coast

61 Wild Range

Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf Marine

Park

64 Gear review

Four multi-day backpacks put through

their paces

65 First look review

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sandal

66 Skills

Brush up your outdoor skills: safely cross

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your pack strap with supplejack and clean

your sleeping bag on a budget

Cover: /PRPUN[OL-V_9P]LY[V)HSSYVVT6]LYOHUNPU7HWHYVH5H[PVUHS7HYR

Story, p60. Photo: Dennis Radermacher

CONTENTS

REGULARS

4 Editorial

5 3LJHRQSRVW

Letters to the editor

8 Last weekend

What did you get up to last weekend?

10 Walkshorts

News and events

14 Five reasons to get outside

this month

14 Wilderness Word

Enter our crossword competition

to win great prizes

16 :LOG3HRSOH

Meet the alpine gran trying to climb all

New Zealand’s 3000m peaks

26 Off the Beaten Track

Making friends and new discoveries on

Kahurangi’s Wangapeka tops

32 Wild families

How learning lessons of the outdoors can

prepare kids for the world outside the hills

33 Wild comment

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of summer?

78 Out there

In the Mokihinui backcountry, history is

being made here and now

80 Hotshot

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BUYERS GUIDES

68 Sleeping bags

72 Sleeping mats

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FROM THE EDITOR

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James Ross responds: My comments

are only misleading if 1080 concentrations

in bait had increased whilst bait application

rates had decreased. As it stands, less carrot

bait applied per hectare with 0.08 per cent

1080 concentration means less 1080 active

in the environment. Additionally, less cereal

bait applied per hectare with either 0.15 per

cent or 0.08 per cent 1080 concentration

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investigating new GPS-guided ‘cluster’ sowing

techniques that still achieve excellent possum

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