Hazel Phillips’ new book Great Hearts gives voice to early women alpine explorers. It’s a book that brings to light the social history of women mountaineers, from 1873 when a woman first walked on the glaciers of Mount Cook to 1953, the first all-women, unguided ascent of Aoraki Mount Cook. It tells the individual stories of 30 women climbers, while at the same time telling the wider narrative of how women’s mountaineering developed, and the barriers they had to overcome.

Deputy editor Leigh Hopkinson interviewed Hazel for our latest episode of The Wild Podcast.

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Missed Friday’s feature? Patagonia giving Americans $100 to vote, Green Party vows to repeal DOC economic requirement in Conservation Amendment Bill, Japanese artisan turns bear-scarred trees into surfboards and skateboards, and more! in last week’s The World Outdoors.

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Sulphur was once mined on Whakaari White Island for the manufacture of sulphuric acid and fertiliser. One spring day part of the crater wall collapsed, causing a landslide. Eleven men were buried alive but the mining company’s cat, Peter the Great, survived and became a local legend. Today the island is a privately owned scenic reserve. Some 10,000 tourists visited Whakaari each year until an eruption in December 2019 killed 22 people on the island.

This week’s photo comes from Mark Watson. The picture highlights the panoramic scenery on the Godley Cliffs leg of the Christchurch 360 Trail. Read more about trail in our feature story.

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