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Last Updated Dec 02, 2019 The West MacDonnell Ranges National Park and the Larapinta Trail are one of those places…
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How to make a hiking stove windshield
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Gravity is a bitch… just ask a rock climber. But in the same way that good climbers learn to compensate…
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Larapinta Trail – Part 2
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How to treat drinking water
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“It doesn’t matter if you take a short easy walk to a lookout, or carry a pack off-track for weeks at a time. Both are equally valid.”
CARO RYAN
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