We Are Explorers is an Australian website and online community, specialising in outdoor content, editorials and events. I’ve worked with them on a number of projects, including article illustrations and merchandise designs, as well as contributing a number of written pieces.
An illustration for the article ‘The Many Faces of Rock Climbing’ - published 9 April 2018.
With more than 66,000 logged climbing routes across the country, you’d be hard-pressed to deny Australia’s well-established rock climbing culture. But relatively speaking, it’s not been this way for long.
Is our search for the ideal pet overlooking a few contenders right on our doorstep? A proposal for pet Tasmanian Devils appears to carry strong conservationist arguments, but is it right to take the ‘wild’ out of Australian wildlife? Aidan Howes weighs up the facts.
Law student and rock climber Aidan Howes, makes the case for maintaining the status of unregulated climbing in Australia, despite calls for its regulatory overhaul and the continued intrusion of nanny-state mentalities.
Kathmandu sent us into the Aussie backcountry to test out their top-end XT Series gear. We gave the gear a righteous thrashing in rain, sleet and snow, but came out on top – Aidan Howes has the lowdown.
