Paul Hersey featured in Wilderness Magazine

Paul Hersey, author of The Cold Inside, is featured in an article in Wilderness Magazine. You can read about what he packs on a backcountry trip here.

The Cold Inside takes an intimate look at what it takes to climb. With a unique focus on New Zealand's breathtaking, unparalleled landscape, seasoned mountaineer and award-winning author Paul Hersey is profoundly introspective, and his passion for his crafts — storytelling and climbing — is evident from the first pages.

A mix of adventure narrative, prose, and memoir, this book explores the psyche of climbers. It's as much an unflinching recount of risk and loss as it is a love letter to nature, both facets heightened through the deep connection that climbing provides. Drawing on decades of experience, Hersey artfully examines how such a distinct perspective influences everyday life, particularly in his homeland Aotearoa / New Zealand, where nature is equally giving and exacting.

The Cold Inside is a personal, searching journey towards understanding the inspiration as well as the cost of climbing mountains.

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