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Story: Tramping

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. New Zealand tramping, clubs and culture

  3. Tracks and huts

  4. Equipment and food

  5. Hazards, safety and guidebooks

  6. Tramping yarns

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand tramping, clubs and culture

Russian Jack

Russian Jack

Building a hut

Building a hut (1st of 2)

Waihohonu hut

Waihohonu hut (2nd of 2)

Skinny-dipping

Skinny-dipping

Tramping club logos

Tramping club logos

From page 2 - Tracks and huts

Reserve land

Reserve land

Cairn

Cairn

Swing bridge

Swing bridge

Shearwater lodge

Shearwater lodge

A tramper’s record

A tramper’s record

Chancellor Hut, South Westland

Chancellor Hut, South Westland (1st of 6)

Poor Pete’s Hut, Thousand Acres Plateau

Poor Pete’s Hut, Thousand Acres Plateau (2nd of 6)

Chaffey Hut, Cobb valley

Chaffey Hut, Cobb valley (3rd of 6)

Boatshed Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland

Boatshed Hut, Milford Track, Fiordland (4th of 6)

Makakoere Hut, Te Urewera

Makakoere Hut, Te Urewera (5th of 6)

Bungaree Hut, Stewart Island

Bungaree Hut, Stewart Island (6th of 6)

From page 3 - Equipment and food

Tramping family, 1975

Tramping family, 1975

Equipment

Equipment

Map reading, 1945

Map reading, 1945

Boiling a billy

Boiling a billy

Scree running

Scree running

From page 4 - Hazards, safety and guidebooks

Snowy Creek

Snowy Creek

Tramping fatalities, 1920s–2000s

Tramping fatalities, 1920s–2000s

Above the bush line

Above the bush line

Tramping words

Tramping words

Mackinnon Pass

Mackinnon Pass

From page 5 - Tramping yarns

A leg up

A leg up

A load off my mind

A load off my mind

Bergesen’s hut

Bergesen’s hut

Tracks

Tracks

How to cite this page:

Carl Walrond, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/tramping/media (accessed 30 March 2023)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 24 Sep 2007, updated 1 Jul 2015

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