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10th March 2021
3min

‘This isn’t an easy story to tell. I made a bloody poor call’

Even decades of experience for the best of deerstalkers sometimes is not enough to guarantee good decision making. A South Island hunter shares their story about a life-changing hunt with...
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26th November 2020
4min

Packing a PLB - ‘the single best decision’

For a Christchurch father, hiring a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) for an overnight tramp with his sons was “the single best decision” he made. The father of two shares his...
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3rd November 2020
2min

Turning around can be the hardest decision to make

With the final destination in sight it can be easy to just push on, but Lena Blesin says it was the “right decision” not to attempt to cross the “strong...
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30th October 2020
2min

Do you really need to cross?

Stop and take your pack off, drink some water, eat a snack, think about what you see and have a chat with your group. These are all basic steps everyone...
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29th September 2020
3min

Tramping party make life-saving decision

Sometimes it is just not worth the risk, Steve Healy says after his tramping group made the sensible decision to abandon an unsafe river crossing in the Remutaka Forest Park...