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Sharon Evans is the founder of Freewheeling Kiwi and one of Australasia's leading small group Himalayan trekking specialists
She has walked the full length of Te Araroa — 3,000 kilometres from Cape Reinga to Bluff — and led multiple groups to Everest Base Camp with a 100% summit success rate. She also treks in Australia, Bhutan, the Annapurna region and across New Zealand.
Shambhala: Becoming Guardians of the Wild
The possum trap had been sprung again. I knew before I even reached it. The pigs had already been, leaving only a smear of fur and disturbed leaf litter as evidence.
Fifteen possums in the first month. This is what conservation actually looks like at Shambhala, our off-grid property deep in the Coromandel bush: unglamorous, methodical, and quietly extraordinary.
Sharon Evans is the founder of Freewheeling Kiwi and one of Australasia's leading small group Himalayan trekking specialists
She has walked the full length of Te Araroa — 3,000 kilometres from Cape Reinga to Bluff — and led multiple groups to Everest Base Camp with a 100% summit success rate. She also treks in Australia, Bhutan, the Annapurna region and across New Zealand.