Shelter From The Storm: The Story Of New Zealand's Backcountry Huts by Shaun Barnett and Rob Brown and Geoff Spearpoint

One of the defining and unique features of the New Zealand outdoors is the backcountry hut. New Zealand has a remarkably diverse network of these huts, unparalleled anywhere else in the world, and for those who venture into our wild places there is often a passionate attachment to these humble structures. Shelter from the Storm is a landmark publication, the first wide-ranging history of our hut network. The authors provide an overview of who built the huts - tramping and mountaineering clubs, the Department of Internal Affairs, Lands and Survey, New Zealand Forest Service, Park Boards and DOC - as well as why they were built, which includes farming, mining, tourism, tramping and climbing, hunting and deer culling, science and as monuments. For each of these sections the authors profile a wide range of representative huts, and recount the fascinating stories that invariably surround them. This 2013 Craig Potton Pub. Hardback is in good condition. Heavy; Large; DJ. Top text block edge marked; DJ faded towards spine.

ISBN: 9781877517709 SKU: 1579157 This image is of the actual book.

Location: NZ Travel