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Tramping: a New Zealand history / Shaun Barnett & Chris McLean.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Nelson, New Zealand : Craig Potton Publishing, 2014Description: 367 pages : illustrations (some colour), colour maps, portraits (some colour) ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781927213230
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796.510993 23
Contents:
1. The tramping experience -- 2. Nature's rough productions -- 3. Walking with a purpose -- 4. New country -- 5. Exploring Maoriland -- 6. The advent of organised recreation -- 7. Hard times -- 8. War and revival -- 9. The return of the State -- 10. The golden years -- 11. The elusive wilderness -- 12. Unity of control -- 13. Back to the future -- --
Introduction: A tramper's paradise -- Evolution of the term 'Tramping' -- -- 1. The tramping experience -- Going solo at Nelson Lakes -- Tramping literature -- Walking with a purpose -- -- 2. Nature's rough productions -- Access -- St James Walkway -- -- 3. Walking with a purpose -- Colenso's 1840s crossings of the Ruahine Range -- Track markers -- -- 4. New country -- Maps for trampers -- The Mangapeka Track -- -- 5. Exploring Maoriland -- Alys Lowth on the Milford Track -- Tongariro - the National Park concept arrives in New Zealand -- Traditional tramping -- -- 6. The advent of organised recreation -- Death on the Southern Crossing -- 1920s tramping gear -- -- 7. Hard times -- Holloway's Olivine explorations -- Nude tramping -- Tramps and swaggers -- -- 8. War and revival -- Packs, boots and food -- Harper Pass and the Three Passes tracks -- -- 9. The return of the State -- River crossings -- Egmont and Tongariro National Parks -- -- 10. The golden years -- Search and rescue -- 'High summer on the Heaphy Track' -- Wilderness to great walks -- -- 11. The elusive wilderness -- New Zealand outdoor gear -- Traversing the Southern Alps -- -- 12. Unity of control -- Love and loss in the hills -- The Routeburn Track -- -- 13. Back to the future -- Women trampers -- Te Araroa.
Summary: Tramping: A New Zealand history tells the story of the development of tramping in New Zealand, tracing its origins to the way Maori and early Europeans engaged with the sometimes forbidding New Zealand mountains and bush. It describes how state-sponsored tracks and huts were developed for tourism in the late nineteenth century, most notably on the Milford Track, described as "the finest walk in the world". As a growing number of New Zealanders began to explore the outdoors, the first tramping clubs were formed in the early twentieth century, with a subsequent boom in tramping during the 1930s. The growth of an extensive hut and track network in the 1950s and 1960s saw New Zealand become one of the best-developed countries in the world for hiking. Trampers battles to have national parks and wilderness areas established, changes to gear and technology, and the role women have played in tramping are additional themes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The tramping experience -- 2. Nature's rough productions -- 3. Walking with a purpose -- 4. New country -- 5. Exploring Maoriland -- 6. The advent of organised recreation -- 7. Hard times -- 8. War and revival -- 9. The return of the State -- 10. The golden years -- 11. The elusive wilderness -- 12. Unity of control -- 13. Back to the future -- --

Introduction: A tramper's paradise -- Evolution of the term 'Tramping' -- -- 1. The tramping experience -- Going solo at Nelson Lakes -- Tramping literature -- Walking with a purpose -- -- 2. Nature's rough productions -- Access -- St James Walkway -- -- 3. Walking with a purpose -- Colenso's 1840s crossings of the Ruahine Range -- Track markers -- -- 4. New country -- Maps for trampers -- The Mangapeka Track -- -- 5. Exploring Maoriland -- Alys Lowth on the Milford Track -- Tongariro - the National Park concept arrives in New Zealand -- Traditional tramping -- -- 6. The advent of organised recreation -- Death on the Southern Crossing -- 1920s tramping gear -- -- 7. Hard times -- Holloway's Olivine explorations -- Nude tramping -- Tramps and swaggers -- -- 8. War and revival -- Packs, boots and food -- Harper Pass and the Three Passes tracks -- -- 9. The return of the State -- River crossings -- Egmont and Tongariro National Parks -- -- 10. The golden years -- Search and rescue -- 'High summer on the Heaphy Track' -- Wilderness to great walks -- -- 11. The elusive wilderness -- New Zealand outdoor gear -- Traversing the Southern Alps -- -- 12. Unity of control -- Love and loss in the hills -- The Routeburn Track -- -- 13. Back to the future -- Women trampers -- Te Araroa.

Tramping: A New Zealand history tells the story of the development of tramping in New Zealand, tracing its origins to the way Maori and early Europeans engaged with the sometimes forbidding New Zealand mountains and bush. It describes how state-sponsored tracks and huts were developed for tourism in the late nineteenth century, most notably on the Milford Track, described as "the finest walk in the world". As a growing number of New Zealanders began to explore the outdoors, the first tramping clubs were formed in the early twentieth century, with a subsequent boom in tramping during the 1930s. The growth of an extensive hut and track network in the 1950s and 1960s saw New Zealand become one of the best-developed countries in the world for hiking. Trampers battles to have national parks and wilderness areas established, changes to gear and technology, and the role women have played in tramping are additional themes.

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