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The Dirtbag Diaries: Climbing campsites both worryingly fragile and wonderfully therapeutic
Published in NZ Adventure Magazine, OCT/NOV 2015 by Derek Cheng A headache at 5400m feels like a million shards of glass stabbing just inside your temples. And being in a small tent pinned to an enormous glacier, 1000m below … Continue reading