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ADVENTURE IS A STATE OF MIND • Lessons from leeches and midwinter walks.

BIG ADVENTURES, BIG FUNDS • Setting off on a major expedition can be costly. There are many ways you can raise the necessary money, but they each come with pros and cons.

THE PILLOW KEEPER • Put up or shut up: Dan decides it’s time to stop merely griping about adventure gear, but to do something about it.

GREAT FOREST BETRAYAL • Powerful lobbyists have swayed Victoria’s Labor Government away from a proposed park that would have benefitted both the environment and everyday people.

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TALES OF THE ELDERS • Lessons learned from Tasmania’s threatened ancient trees.

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.

FREEDOM TO ROAM: AN OPTION FOR BUSHWALKERS? • Scotland introduced Freedom to Roam legislation two decades ago, and the results have been positive. Could Australia follow suit?

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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.

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.

THE BEST BOTH OF 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.

OFF THE RADAR • Climbing in Bolivia’s often overlooked Cordillera Real was a moving experience for novice alpinist Daygin Prescott.

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.

IN THE LAP OF THE GODS • 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.

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.

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.

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UNSUNG HEROES • We all have our go-to products. Kit we turn to time and again, trip after trip, year after year, simply because it’s the best gear out there. Those products aren’t necessarily big, though. Often, they’re the little, simple things; products you’re never likely to actually read a review about, or hear promoted. But let’s cheer on our unsung heroes. Here’s a collection of the lightest, cheapest, most durable or useful swag as recommended by some of Wild’s...