Adventure Magazine

FLIGHT TALES

"Anyone who has walked the Routeburn would know the absolute wonder of those places, usually only accessible by foot, yet here we were, hovering a few hundred feet above them and being able to share them with Steve from the air."

I’m not a fan of helicopters.

I have a real sense of vulnerability being miles up in the air surrounded only by a metal casing large enough to house the few inhabitants. However, what causes my fear is also the thing that makes helicopter rides so incredibly exciting.

We left the base of The Helicoper Line at Queenstown airport and headed

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