Adventure Magazine

BEHIND THE COVER
It was day three of a stellar week-long trip
to Sinbad Wall in a remote part of western
Fiordland. We had found a perch in a
comfortable nook on the edge of one of the
three Llawrenny Peaks, and settled in for
lunch. We were roughly halfway to tomorrow’s
objective - Terror Peak. The morning was
spent lugging heavy packs up steepening
grassy, then granite, slopes.
For more on Sinbad and Terror Peak, see page 14
From the left, Ben Grindle is stoked to have
made it across Milford Sound without a life
jacket, Camille Berthoux tries to smile through
a cold she’s been fighting for days, Jimmy
Finlayson looks energetic though would soon
lie down for a siesta, Derek Cheng has clearly
rushed into the shot after setting up the timer
on the camera, and Sooji Clarkson shows off
her alpine nutrition - peanut butter and dried
mashed potato - while the middle Llawrenny
Peak glistens behind us.
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A NEW LOOK?
This is the 40th year anniversary for
Adventure Magazine and it has gone
through a lot of changes. A variety of
different content focus, a reflection of
what was acceptable and now what’s
not. It has had a range of banner heads
(the design of the title on the cover). You
will have seen this issue has a new
banner head. Well not really, we
thought it would be good to be
a little retro and bring back
one of the older banner
heads. This one is from
the 90’s a combination
of simplicity and
subtleness.
Looking back over the
last 40 years there are
some amazing changes,
some issues carried
adverts for cigarettes, fluffy
leg warmers and orange coloured
zinc. The first few issues in the 80’s
were widely focused on a range of sport
from swimming to sailing. As the years
progressed and the cigarette ads became
less, Adventure went through a series of
different vibes, it became very ‘multisport’
focused for a while, then a lot of biking,
before it went back to a more generic feel.
Pacific Media has produced Adventure for
the last twenty years (we actually took the
reins with issue 100) and we have loved
every moment. The adventure industry is
great to work with everyone from those
doing different activities to those
who import the products,
everyone is passionate and
enthusiastic and of late
incredibly supportive.
Covid has put a
lot of strain on the
adventure community
but the majority of
those involved do it for
the love, not the money
and it makes you proud
to be able to showcase
New Zealand, the places, and
the people. We have no idea what
the next 40 years looks like, you can only
guarantee it will change but Adventure
Magazine and the people within its pages
will still be there doing fun stuff.
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