The Tramping Report: Slow update

16 February 2006

I'm still trying to find time to catch up on writing up my tramps. I have three weekend trips I haven't posted yet.

Still to come are Mt Somers South Face route, Brass Monkey and Salmon Creek.

Maybe this week...

Francis Spufford: I May Be Some Time : Ice and the English Imagination
Why are some people driven to put themselves into uncomfortable and dangerous places? (*****)
Kerry-Jayne Wilson: Flight of the Huia
No book makes it easier to understand NZ's unique wildlife and its continuing decline. (*****)
Rebecca Solnit: Wanderlust : A History of Walking
Wonder why you wander? Take a walk through the history of walking for its own sake (*****)
Hugh A. Robertson: The Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
If you want to carry a NZ bird identifying book in your pack make it this one. (*****)