Wild 195 is on sale now
Wild’s Autumn 2025 issue is on sale now!
Wild #195 is here, full of Australia’s best adventure, conservation and wilderness opinion writing. Starting with trips of a lifetime first: We have Grant Dixon’s amazing photo essay documenting a month-long circumski of Canada’s highest peak, Mt Logan. There’s Martin Bissig’s stunning piece on MTB-ing in the enigmatic Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Blake Hornblow recounts his first-ever source-to-sea paddle of NZ’s Taiari River. And Ben Artup takes us on a two-week traverse of NSW’s Wollemi NP, a trip decades in the making. There’s also a story on a gap year with a difference; two high-school graduates who rode around Australia, aiming on the way to see 700 bird species AND raise #100K for a Timor-Leste school. And there’s this issue’s profile; it’s on a man who has led an entire lifetime of adventure—Chris Bray.
As for adventures we could all achieve, there are pieces on walking in NSW’s Kybeyan Reserves and in the Vic Alps. Our track notes give the lowdown on walking Tassie’s fantastic Bay of Fires. We learn how to set off on your first multiday paddling trip. And there’s a thoughtful piece on what it means to head solo into the Tassie’s southwest.
Beyond adventure pieces, though, there’s a well-balanced piece by former Wild editor Ross Taylor on the controversial climbing bans at Arapiles. A piece on the danger posed by the proposed wind farm at Robbins Island. And there’s a gear-review shoot out between nine types of every adventurer’s go-to repair product: duct tape. And of course, there are our regular columnists, Green Pages, gear reviews and more. It’s an incredible issue; move now to subscribe, and you can still get it.
