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Making Tracks with Scroggin: Planning key to tramping crossovers
26 Apr, 2021 04:00 PM
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Cherry Channon and Grant Adkins prepare to hit the track during the five-day crossover of the Ruahine Range. Photo / Supplied
Cherry Channon and Grant Adkins prepare to hit the track during the five-day crossover of the Ruahine Range. Photo / Supplied
Wanganui Midweek
Crossing a range gives trampers a sense of achievement. But it takes planning.
That is what happened this month when the Wanganui Tramping Club ran a five-day crossing of the Ruahine Range, aiming to follow the path of Anglican missionary William Colenso, who was the first European to cross the range in 1847.