I WAS IN A HUT recently with a group of Wilderness contributors. We’d arranged a tramp in the Tararuas and, due to some fairly bad weather, spent much of one afternoon inside Cattle Ridge Hut.
Boredom ensued, right?
Actually, no. Two of our companions, Shaun Barnett and David Barnes, began recalling tales of incredible adventure. Rivalries in polar exploration that I had never heard before and could have listened to all day (Barnes nearly won TV’s Mastermind by answering questions on the topic).
Unfortunately, I didn’t have much to add to the conversation. In my job, I get to read a lot. There are days where I do nothing but read and marvel at the amazing places the readers of this magazine get to, the trips they do and the…
