Some Opening Spreads From #197
Check out some opening spreads from a handful of feature stories and articles in Wild 197.
(These spreads originally featured in Wild #197, Spring 2025)
IN THE LAP OF THE GODS: A TRAVERSE OF TASSIE’S DU CANE RANGE
Looking for one of Australia’s best high-country traverses? The Du Cane Range is as good as it gets, says Craig Pearce. Just don’t go there yourself.
DREAMS, DOUBTS & DESTINY
Landing a gig to photograph an expedition climbing Nepal’s famed Ama Dablam was a dream come true for Seb Ashton. But when things didn’t quite go to plan, he began to question everything.
AUSTRALIA’S INLAND SEA
The last time Australia’s largest lake, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, filled completely was back in 1974. Recent rains in the country’s interior has the lake filling again, and while it’s uncertain whether it will fill completely this time, what is certain is that this spectacular event is bringing the country to life.
OFF THE RADAR
Climbing in Bolivia’s often overlooked Cordillera Real was a moving experience for novice alpinist Daygin Prescott.
DECISION TIME
The spectacular High Country of Victoria’s Razor-Viking Wilderness left Ryan Hansen with almost too many choices. Not all of them ended up being good.
TALES OF THE ELDERS
Lessons learned from Tasmania’s threatened ancient trees.
THE FLIGHT OF ICARUS
After a near miss in New Zealand, Michael Lehmann begins wondering whether he has been flying too close to the sun.
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
Montenegro is home to Europe’s deepest canyon, the Tara Gorge. For Gerhard Czerner and Martin Bissig, there was no better way to discover it than to pedal then paddle on their first-ever bikerafting trip.
COAST TO COAST
Billy Macfarlane rounded up a couple of mates to set off on a crazy adventure: Be the first, as far as they knew, to packraft from Tassie’s north coast to its south. Little did they know just how insane their plan was.
THREE ROUTES. THREE CLIMBERS. A SLEW OF REASONS WHY.
Mat Young speaks with three members of an Aussie crew of alpinists chasing dreams in NZ’s Southern Alps to find out what drives them to do what they do.
