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Nepal Ends a Golden Age of Trekking
No one disputes Nepal’s right to regulate its trekking industry, but that doesn’t mean serious concerns can’t be raised about the mindset and methods involved.
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Solo (Wo)man
What are the joys and pitfalls for women venturing out into the bush on their own? Tracey Hawke sets off to find out.
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Great Neglected Walks
Governments of late seem to be focused on high-end walks designed to attract tourists at the cost of funding for conservation measures and the basic maintenance of the low-key walks most bushwalkers love.
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Natural Diversity
For 16 years I lived 150m from the Coke sign at Sydney’s Kings Cross; now I live 100m from this.
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect
All too often in the outdoors, I have had a confidence only the clueless can possess, and I have charged into situations that, had I actually been competent, I would never have contemplated, writes Wild’s Editor James McCormack.
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Keeping Standards High
We should continue to laud those adventurers who strive to overcome the greatest challenges.
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In Praise of Outlaws
It takes a brave person to step up and break the law to defend our planet; we should celebrate their courage, writes Wild’s Editor James McCormack.
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Secrets
Some people say we should never keep secrets, but Wild’s Editor, James McCormack, argues they have a place in the outdoors.
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Cooloola Eco Cabins Threat
We received a Letter to the Editor from David Thomas on the threat that lodge development imminently poses in QLD’s Great Sandy NP. It was too long to run in the magazine, and was too important to cut down. So we’re putting it up online.
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Racing to Save Ben Boyd NP
Ben Boyd National Park on NSW’s Far South Coast is a place of beauty and wildness. But now the park is being threatened by development along its Light to Light Walk, with large lodges planned for pristine sections of the coastline. Development is planned to commence in May; stopping it is a race against time, writes Mick Ripon.
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Book Review: The Untold Story of Naming Kosciuszko
Just how was it that a Polish resistance hero gave his name to Australia’s highest peak? Who accompanied Count Strzelecki almost to the summit when he made the first recorded ascent of Mt Kosciuszko in March 1840? How did the expedition come about? And how, may anyone who has been there ask, did they find their way up Hannels Spur, that 1700m climb on the west face of the Main Range? The answer to these and other questions can be found in a new book James Macarthur—The Untold Story of Naming Kosciuszko.
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Your Mountains Need You
New plans by the NSW State Government for the Snowies and Kosciuszko National Park should have all of Australia worried. Make a submission so that your voice can be heard.
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Fragility – A Poem
The bushfires of 2019/20, and Wild's cover image from Issue #175, inspired reader Geoff Wilmshurst to send us a moving poem.
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Janina Kuzma Talks ‘East West’
Freeskier Janina Kuzma talks with Wild about her 'East West' project and the history behind her traverse of NZ's Southern Alps.
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Ten Crucial Pieces of Nature Writing
Before you die, these all-time classics are must reads.
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Q+A with illustrative mapmaker Alex Hotchin
In Wild Issue #176, Winter 2020, we featured the work of Alex Hotchin, a mapmaker who gave us ‘Larapinta Dreaming’, her unique take on central Australia’s iconic trail. After growing up in the outback and attending School of the Air, Alex is now based in Melbourne, from where she creates stunningly beautiful maps for clients around the world. She has also been exhibited in Istanbul, New York, Morocco, Japan, and, of course, Melbourne. Alex recently took the time out to answer some questions from Wild’s editor, James McCormack about her background, her work, and mapmaking itself.
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Reinhold Messner – 1982 interview with Wild Mag
Yeah, sure, as a set of opinions these aren’t exactly recent, but with the Reinhold Messner viewing of “The Great Peak” scheduled for this week, we couldn’t help but dig out this little gem from one of our early issues way back in 1982!
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Into The Wild with Wild’s New Editor
Wild Issue #170 marks the passing of the baton, with new editor James McCormack taking over the editorial reigns of Wild.
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The Therapy of Hiking
I regularly pee in the woods. I’m not particularly proud of this, however this is where I am at with my life. I am not a gym junkie or church going. I am well past the school-gate mums group. I am not a joiner. But I have joined a women’s only hiking group. Within this Read More
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Birds in parks: A bird’s ear view of Rippon Lea Estate
Through an unplanned quirk of habitat management, the grounds at Rippon Lea Estate have become an unlikely refuge for many of south-east Australia’s disappearing bird species.
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The rise of the low-impact world traveller
A recent trip to Africa for columnist Dan Slater revealed how some developing nations are facing the plastic problem, and how easy it is for visitors to take part in solving it.
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Spectacular highlining on Tassie’s coast: Q&A with Valentin Rapp
The adventurer behind Discover Interesting’s ‘Path of the Sky’, Valentin Rapp shares the insights gained from highlining some of Tasmania’s most breathtaking coastline.
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Path of the Panda: Q&A with photographer Kyle Obermann
A new article reveals the story of a Beijing-based environmental photographer on a nine-day expedition to promote conservation and in Sichuan, China.