Megan Dimozantos - Advocacy, Adventure, and the Future of Tramping

Megan Dimozantos is president of the Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC), and a passionate advocate for our huts, tracks, and wild places. We talk about her late introduction to the outdoors through rock climbing, her years of 24-hour solo mountain bike racing, and how volunteering with LandSAR drew her deep into New Zealand’s backcountry. Megan shares stories of epic 10 to 15 day trips, the lessons of running out of food in the wilderness, the special meaning behind moving a hut with an all-women crew, and the challenges tramping faces in an era of social media and climate change. It’s a wide-ranging conversation about advocacy, adventure, and what sustains our tramping culture. https://fmc.org.nz/