{"title":"Adventures in the Great Outdoors","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspiring reads to get you in the great outdoors. Here you'll find books on mountain climbing, tramping, sailing and some very lovely vintage guidebooks to some of NZ's national parks. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-heratige-years","title":"The Hermitage Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Nan Bowie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback in good condition, small tear in lamination of front cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMick Bowie spent his 40 year career as a guide at Mt Cook. This book recounts some of the challenges and adventures of that time and includes some great old photos too. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662567510316,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/hermitageyears.jpg?v=1740624105"},{"product_id":"great-new-zealand-adventures","title":"Great New Zealand Adventures","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Brian Joyce\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epublished 1983\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket in very good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book covers adventures of all sorts and - from sealers battling for survival on NZ's southern shores to shipwrecks, mountaineering and tales of military courage. This is a great book to dip into with standalone chapters on different inspiring and wild adventures. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50905119916332,"sku":"","price":18.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/20250408_090942.jpg?v=1744081805"},{"product_id":"mt-cook-national-park","title":"Mt Cook National Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eby the Mt Cook National Park Board\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, small crease on front and fraying at corner. But in very good overall condition. 70 pages with photographs, line drawings from botanist Nancy Adams,  and beautiful fold out maps in the back cover. First published in 1959, this third edition published 1962. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents include geology, plants, ski-ing, insects and place names - with sections written by different specialists in their subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful guide and a piece of history. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50988726354220,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/mtcook.jpg?v=1763085122"},{"product_id":"handbook-to-the-mount-aspiring-national-park","title":"Handbook To The Mount Aspiring National Park","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Mount Aspiring National Park Board, 1971\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn very good condition with colour images and map of park at the time. Some slightly discolouration on spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis wonderful handbook is not only a fascinating slice of history but it also includes plenty of timeless information. It covers the mountains and valleys as well as flora and fauna. It includes geology, history of the park and some interesting information on glaciers and their recession. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50994989465900,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/mtaspiring9.jpg?v=1745643678"},{"product_id":"handbook-to-the-fjordland-national-park","title":"Handbook To the Fjordland National Park","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Fjordland National Park Board, 1973. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn very good condition with foldout map and images. Small piece of tape at top and bottom of spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis handbook covers geology, vegetation, fishing, birds and the work of rangers. It's a lovely piece of history and nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50995019022636,"sku":"","price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/fjordland.jpg?v=1745644551"},{"product_id":"the-cruise-of-the-schooner-driftwood","title":"The Cruise of The Schooner Driftwood","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Robert Williamson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehardback with dust jacket in good, secondhand condition. published 1962. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of two Canadian engineering students, who with a distinct lack of sailing experience and equipment, set off to sail to the Bahamas. Road maps served in place of charts; one of the life preservers sank like a stone when it fell overboard and the compass was found to be inaccurate about halfway into the voyage. But their ingenuity, daring and sense of fun make for an inspiring story. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51271171703084,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/Driftwood.jpg?v=1750669280"},{"product_id":"wall-of-shadows-the-nz-jannu-adventure","title":"Wall of Shadows - The NZ Jannu Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Graeme Dingle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehardback with dust jacket. In very good condition. Small tear on front of dj. Published 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wall of Shadows of the title is 2000 feet of ice plastered rock which forms part of the ascent of Jannu in the Himalayas. This account of a NZ attempt to climb the mountain covers everything from the woes of fundraising to the challenges of the climb. Fascinating detail in the appendices describe the food taken, the personal equipment needed and the medical issues and kit. A surprisingly easy-to-read adventure but will obviously be of particular interest to those that like climbing. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51347001934124,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/janu.jpg?v=1752546807"},{"product_id":"high-adventure","title":"High Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Edmund Hillary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a wonderful account of Hillary's mountain adventures and the Everest expedition. He was, he says, sixteen before he ever saw a mountain - and that was on a 10 day school ski-ing trip to Mt Ruapehu. An interesting and easy read with lots of old black and white photos. Great stuff. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue hardback,  with no dust jacket, this edition published in 1955. Title on spine. Some foxing on pages and dedication sticker to previous owner on first page. But in good readable condition, no tears, no missing pages and photographs and maps included. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51813658329388,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/20260326_185924.jpg?v=1774509954"},{"product_id":"living-high","title":"Living High","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Linda Gill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, in good condition. Published 1983. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe true story of a family that head to the Himalayas, accompanying Sir Edmund Hillary on a visit to the Solu-Khombu region at the foot of Everest. Includes plenty of interesting old images. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51874125938988,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/livinghigh.jpg?v=1756804259"},{"product_id":"barron-saddle-mt-brewster","title":"Barron Saddle - Mt Brewster","description":"\u003cp\u003e. A Climbing Guide to the Ben Ohau, Neumann, Main Divide, Barrier and Hooker Ranges\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Ross Cullen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esoft cover booklet published by NZ Alpine Club 1993. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn good condition. Lots of photos, maps and really good guide - includes history, climbing routes, shelter options, peak heights, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51883167711532,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/saddle.jpg?v=1756956758"},{"product_id":"the-world-at-their-feet","title":"The World At Their Feet","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Philip Temple\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehardcover, dust jacket in great condition, published 1969\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA story of NZ mountaineers and some great expeditions. Includes images and maps. Great stuff. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52033670807852,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/mountain.jpg?v=1759218271"},{"product_id":"tongariri-national-park-guide-1975","title":"Tongariro National Park - Guide 1975","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by A E Esler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1965, (this edition reprinted in 1975) this charming guide book to the Tongariro National Park was put together by the National Park Board of the time and includes black and white photographs and some wonderful botanical sketches from N M Adams. In good condition. Some light creases and slight fraying on spine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are 3 lines of handwritten notes, from a prior owner, about tramping trails on the back page titled Notes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This handbook tells the story of Tongariro National Park, its outstanding natural features and the development that has taken place so that the Park will be preserved while it benefits man. The Park remains the trust of present day New Zealanders. The lesson of history is to look ahead, to plan and act wisely so that those who follow us will say we honoured that trust.\" Foreword by J S Maclean, Chairman of the Tongariro National Park Board. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52333256638764,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/tong1.jpg?v=1763071808"},{"product_id":"westland-national-park-handbook-1966","title":"Westland National Park - Handbook 1966","description":"\u003cp\u003eA guide to Westland National Park from 1966. This covers birds, vegetation, the glaciers, walks and many other aspects of the park. Plenty of lovely 1960s images, some fantastic line drawings of plants from botanist and artist Nancy Adams and a foldout map in the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll in good condition. Some fraying and fading but no scribbles, rips, tears, missing pages, etc. The map does protrude slightly from the back cover so has got slightly creased on the margin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"This handbook introduces you to \"a great land uplifted high\" whence rivers of ice flow down towards the sea through wooded valleys. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52333801963820,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/westland2.jpg?v=1763086966"},{"product_id":"after-everest","title":"After Everest","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Paul Little\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book tells the story of Edmund Hillary beyond his mountaineering fame. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52343730307372,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/aftereverest.jpg?v=1763455360"},{"product_id":"keep-calm-if-you-can","title":"Keep Calm If You Can","description":"\u003cp\u003eLouise Hillary\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback, with dust jacket. Small tear on cover and fraying around edges. Previous owner name on first page. But overall good condition. Published 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a different side to Ed Hillary. Written by his wife, it tells the story of their 70 day trip through the Pacific Northwest and into Alaska, along with their 3 children - Peter, 7, Sarah 6 and Belinda 3. They are testing camping equipment and making a short film for the retailer Sears Roebuck. This is a warm and funny account of their trip and includes plenty of charming black and white images. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52352037552428,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/keepcalm.jpg?v=1763528890"},{"product_id":"deer-hunter","title":"Deer Hunter","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Joff Thomson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback with dust jacket. First published 1952, this edition reprinted 1959. In very good condition and with plenty of black and white images. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the adventures of Joff Thomson, a professional hunter, in the 40s and 50s in remote areas of the South Island in NZ. Particularly concerned with the hunting of red deer, he also tells of wild goat hunting in Marlborough and of two successful wapiti expeditions in Southland. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52369807507756,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/deerhunter.jpg?v=1764056584"},{"product_id":"two-generations","title":"Two Generations","description":"\u003cp\u003eEd Hillary and his son Peter came together to write this fascinating account of their climbing and aid work in Nepal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrank and engaging. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardback in very good condition. 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With a warm humour and a wonderful enthusiasm for adventure, Tilman was a serious adventurer with a lovely writing style. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a hard back edition with dust jacket, plenty of black and white images and in very good condition.  Published in 1949. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Retro Reads","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52852760183084,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/2677\/3548\/files\/twomountains.jpg?v=1776072979"},{"product_id":"where-the-mountains-throw-their-dice","title":"Where The Mountains Throw Their Dice","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Paul Heresy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubtitled 'An Insight into the Kiwi Climbing Psyche' - this is a bit of a love letter to climbing. Author and climber, Heresy, tells of his climbing experiences with plenty of colour, detail and self-reflection. A lovely book. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Socrates tells us the unexamined life is not worth living, and there is utilitarian worth in exploring one's motives through the experiences of others. That noted, in writing this book, I feel my words are less a definitive search and more of a personal stumble,\" says Heresy in the introduction. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback with some great colour images. 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