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Region All Aoraki / Mt Cook Arthur's Pass Canterbury Canterbury high country Fiordland Mount Aspiring Nelson / Marlborough Otago Overseas Southland

Type All 4WD Bivvy Camping Hut Lake Other Pass / Saddle Peak Winter

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Many people around the world would have heard of Sir Edmund Hillary and his victory over the steep slopes of Sagarmatha...

A lot of people think hiking for many days in a row is difficult. I find sitting still a more challenging task. The inau...

When I tell people about my adventures in Nepal, usually the first question asked has something to do with Mt Everest. O...

Edmund Hillary travelled to Nepal to climb a mountain but he quickly realised that the people were a much better reason...

Before leaving Aotearoa I believed that New Zealand had the biggest and most impressive mountains on the planet. This un...

When I was a kid I was taken to the Christchurch museum and was found in one of the tractors that Sir Edmund Hillary had...