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​AWESOME ITIRKAWARA • On a trip to Central Australia, Bob visits a spiritually powerful and geologically remarkable landmark.

TAKAYNA/TARKINE • Running to save a forest.

SHUT DOWN • Hitting the wall, bonking, blowing up… whatever you call it, fatigue can cause your body to say enough’s enough. But as Tim has discovered, that can come with an upside.

GEAR SNOB • It can be easy to think high-end gear is always the best option for heading outdoors. But you shouldn’t forget that entry-level gear can have its place, too.

GREEN PAGES • A selection of environmental news briefs from around the country.

DAINTREE REVIVAL • Queensland’s rainforests have long been cleared to give way to logging and sugarcane fields. But now the comeback of the world’s oldest rainforest has begun.

DE-WILDING THE WILDS • Is the transformation of our national parks going too far?

THINGS YOU DON'T KNOW YOU NEED… UNTIL YOU NEED THEM • Figuring out what gear to take when you're starting out isn't always easy, especially if you only keep hearing about the same old basics. Ultrarunner, adventurer, conservationist and Wild Earth Ambassador Kieron Douglass shares his knowledge about some cheap, lightweight but useful pieces of kit you're less likely to hear about.

GETTING HOME SAFELY • The number of backcountry enthusiasts has exploded in recent years. Many of these newcomers, however, aren’t aware of the safety issues; a new film being released by the Australian Ski Patrol Association aims to change that.

Q+A with Protect Our Winter’s Marian Krogh • The New Zealand chapter of Protect Our Winters (POW), an international advocacy group that connects the outdoor community to help them take climate action, is about to release a new half-hour film. At turns beautiful, inspiring, and depressing, The Final Symphony highlights the impacts of climate change in NZ’s mountains. Wild Editor James McCormack speaks with Marian Krogh about the film.

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HANNY ALLSTON • The Tasmanian runner, coach and businesswoman has spent a long time finding her feet. Along the way she’s found her story, her strength and her self.

THE MOUNTAIN • What lessons can the mountains and the natural world teach you? In this powerful essay, adapted from his book The Mountain Path, Paul Pritchard asks—and answers—some big questions.

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BOUNTY HUNTING Thoughts on pursuit and reward in Tasmania’s mountains • 2021 was a lean year for skiers in Tasmania. But that didn’t stop Shaun Mittwollen from venturing to Frenchmans Cap and Cradle Mountain in search of epic turns. And it allowed him to think about pursuit and reward in the backcountry, and on what it means to be a skier.

AIR APPARENT • ‘Free the heel, free the mind’ goes the telemarkers’ old saying. Steve Leeder can add ‘Free the skis’ because he just can’t keep his tele gear on the ground in the NSW backcountry.

FAFFAINEERING AT BLUE LAKE • Every alpinist has to start their career somewhere. For many generations of aspiring Australian mountaineers, that somewhere has been Kosciuszko NP’s Blue Lake. Nat Walkom was no different,...