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Australia's Wilderness Adventure Magazine. Expand your horizons with Australia’s longest running wilderness adventure magazine. With in-depth features and stunning photographs from some of the world’s greatest adventurers, WILD will keep you up-to-date on all aspects of wilderness pursuits.

LETTERS

Wild

THE COVER SHOT

THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT

GALLERY

GIVE IT A CRACK • The magic of saying yes.

FEAR CAN BE YOUR FRIEND • Risk can be intimidating, but the fear it engenders—if appropriately harnessed—can lead to great rewards.

DOUBLE DUTY • Remembering that your outdoor gear can often serve not one but multiple activities can help your wallet and the environment.

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

TYTO, THE TREESITTER • What’s it like spending months at a time up in a tree in order to save it from destruction?

LEAVE NO [ONLINE] TRACE • We’re all familiar with leave-no-trace camping. There are times we need to have the same mindset for the digital impact our outdoor activities can have.

Q + A with mountaineer Allie Pepper • Aussie mountaineer Allie Pepper is about to embark on her most ambitious project yet: 'Above the Clouds'. In April, as she prepped for it in Kathmandu, Wild’s editor James McCormack caught up with Allie via Zoom to ask her about the project, and about what draws her to the world’s highest places.

PHOTOGRAPHING THE EAST KIMBERLEY • (AND NOT GETTING EATEN BY A CROC)

LAST YEAR’S LESSONS • The Aussie backcountry saw unusually high avalanche activity last year. But avalanches aren’t the only risks out there, says Mountain Safety Collective Ambassador Alex Parsons as she reflects on the year that was.

FIRES OF THE FUTURE • Australia has always had fires. But in this extract from a new book, Adventures in Climate Science, Philip Zylstra argues that everything has changed.

GETTING SCHOOLED • Tom O’Halloran represented Australia as a rockclimber at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In 2022, he was given the opportunity to join an ‘Introduction to Mountaineering’ course in the Australian Alps. It was the second time Tom had seen snow in his life.

KNOW WHERE YOU ARE • A team of stand up paddleboarders sets off to explore Greenland’s wild coastline.

THE WAY BACK HOME • Reflections on solo hiking through Far North Queensland’s Misty Mountains.

THE CHASE • A Canadian and Aussie team of skiers and snowboarders sets off on a fifteen-day quest to ride Australia’s steepest backcountry lines.

ROCK & ROLL • GIRRAWEEN NATIONAL PARK’S AMAZING GRANITE WALKING

UNBOXED A return to the natural world • For millennia, stints in the desert have been associated with thoughtful introspection. So after the confinements of the COVID lockdowns, Matthew Crompton set off to the Red Centre’s iconic Larapinta Trail, where he could, as much as anything, do this: free his mind.

THE SPAGHETTI TOUR • Jumping crevasses and conquering fear in Europe’s Alps

No Turning Back • The 650km Australian Alpine Walking Track is one of Australia’s greatest hiking challenges. But a Queenslander and a South Australian, neither coming from a state noted for snowy weather, decided they needed a greater test still, so they set off to do it in winter. On the way, they dealt with avalanches, frostbite, swollen rivers, whiteouts, ice bullets, dangerous tumbles and the theft of gear…by a rat.

5 DAY WALKS IN THE NT’S RED CENTRE

THE MURRAMARANG SOUTH COAST WALK

WINTER TENTS A COMPARISON

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