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Craggin' New Zealand

It's climbing lite: Take advantage of the sunshine to go cragging on a small peak or cliff at a park near you!

The sport of cragging is a subset of rock climbing that eschews multi-stage climbs or complicated set-ups, instead preferring a short approach and quick retreat. It's perfect for the intermediate to advanced climber who'd rather do several short climbs than take a bunch of gear on his or her travels. New Zealand offers a ton of cragging opportunities, from roadside hills to back-roads routes with names like "Last Night of the Poms" and "Doing It By Degrees."

Cragging isn't confined to the Southern Hemisphere--you could even do it in some warmer regions of the US right now--but we'd rather enjoy the climb, as much as we can after the vertigo has subsided, without also having to worry about getting frostbite.

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[Photo of a crag on the Banks Peninsula, NZ: funkenclimb]