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LETTERS

A WILD LEGACY

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WALKING AND TALKING • When weather disrupts plans, it becomes clear what matters.

SITTING STILL • Taking a break at the end of the day is one of outdoor adventuring’s great rewards. But that doesn’t mean doing so is always easy.

OTHER BRANDS • There’s a world of outdoor gear out there that you probably don’t even know exists.

BEATING THE BLOOM: HOW REEF RESTORATION IS REWRITING AUSTRALIA’S COASTAL FUTURE • A decade-long reef-building program is proving a powerful tool in the fight against South Australia’s toxic algal bloom.

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SURVEYING NATURE • Technological advances—whether in the form of new devices, artificial intelligence, raw computing power, or even being able to sample DNA from the air—are transforming our capabilities to survey native fauna.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME? • Have you ever been on an adventure and found an unnamed spot so beautiful you figured it deserved an official name? Dan Slater has, and he decided to actually do something about it. Little did he know the twists that would lie ahead.

GETTING INTO TRAIL-RUNNING ULTRAS • Toying with the idea of participating in your first trail-running ultra? Two years ago, Wild Earth Ambassador Michael Kelly decided to have a crack, and hasn't looked back since. Here are a few of the lessons he’s learnt along the way.

LESSONS LEARNT • If you’ve grown up in Australia, there are loads of aspects to adventuring here that are so ingrained, so second nature, that you don’t give them any thought, to the extent you may even forget to mention them to any first-time international visitor. But not Kiwi expat Ross Hanan; here’s his lowdown on what to expect when adventuring in Oz, or if you’re Aussie born- and bred, what to tell visitors coming here for the first time.

TWO-DOGS RATU • This storyteller, adventurer and activist expands the idea of what a life can be.

REAL PEOPLE. REAL ADVENTURES. REAL STORIES. • And amazing photography and crafted, opinionated writing too. If you’re tired of being burnt and having your time wasted by pieces of online AI slop or yet another listicle, subscribe to Australia’s best adventure magazine.

CELEBRATING FIFTY ON THE FRANKLIN • In 1976, a group of concerned citizens, among them Bob Brown, gathered to determine what they could do to halt the proposed destruction of one of the planet’s most precious places—the Franklin River. They decided to create what is now known as The Wilderness Society. Fifty years on, to celebrate its birthday, members of the society gathered to paddle the river where it all began.

BIVOUAC CULTURE EUROPE’S WILD ALPINE SHELTERS • Photographer and alpine guide Ben Tibbetts may be based in the French town of Chamonix, but he has spent years exploring the breadth of the European Alps. In particular, the alpine bivouacs and shelters dotted through these high peaks have long fascinated him, and he has spent years documenting them. In this beautfiful photo essay, he shares images from his book Cabin Wild: Alpine Bivouac Huts, Vols 1 & 2.

THE PROMISED LAND • Judgement awaited Craig Pearce when he made his pilgrimage to Tasmania’s Walls of Jerusalem. It didn’t turn out as he expected.

SUPER BOMBER THREAD AKA BUNGLES IN THE ’BUNGLES • Figuring it’s time to prove themselves as climbers, Seb Ashton and his mate Craig decide they should begin taking on some big walls. First...