Geoff Spearpoint began tramping in the Tararuas in the 1960s and has not stopped since. He is the author of Waking to the Hills, co-author of Shelter from the Storm: The Story of New Zealand’s Backcountry Huts, and A Bunk for the Night: A Guide to New Zealand’s Best Backcountry Huts. He is also the editor of the New Zealand Alpine Club guidebooks Moir’s Guide North, and co-author of The Canterbury Westland Alps. His most recent book is The Great Unknown: Mountain Journeys in the Southern Alps.