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THE INTRIGUING HISTORY OF ROCK CLIMBING IN AUSTRALIA
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.
PET TASMANIAN DEVILS MIGHT BE THE NEXT BIG STEP IN CONSERVATION
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.
WHY OUR SOCIETY NEEDS UNREGULATED CLIMBING
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.
HOW DOES KATHMANDU’S HIGH-END GEAR REALLY HOLD UP?
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.