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    A Gathering of the Tribe

    Jun 28, 2021 5 minutes
    Words James McCormack
    Photography
     
    Lachlan Short
    James McCormack is the editor of
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    Cam Walker is a victim of his own success. The organiser of the Victorian Backcountry Festival (a celebration of ‘all things backcountry’: alpine touring, XC skiing, split-boarding, snow camping, winter photography and more) is, well, no longer the organiser. The annual event is just a few years old, but with numbers expected to swell to 400 for the 2021 iteration, the organising committee has risen from one person to seven.

    “It’s not my thing anymore,” says Cam. “It’s time for me to let go, and for the community to own it.”

    But that was always the point. “I just really like community events. If you go to North America, there’s all sorts of backcountry gatherings.

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