NZ Outdoor Life | Alby Frampton | 2020 First Edition | Softcover | $40 | New Condition
Alby Frampton began hunting in the Tararua Ranges but it was Fiordland that was to prove irresistible to a chap afflicted with the exploration bug.
An appetite for exploration was born from reading books on some of the great explorers of yesteryear such as Shipton, Scott and Shackleton while Kiwi Ed Hillary became Alby’s idol.
In 1980 at age 41 Alby Frampton ventured into Fiordland, exploring.
Fiordland quickly endeared itself to the point of proving irresistible. After that first trip, he vowed to return. Fiordland, tempestuous, raw and rugged and more often rain-swept offered the budding explorer a real challenge. Alby quickly became addicted to exploring as much of Fiordland as possible, and over the next 38 years, returned several times and achieving major traverses.