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THE RICHNESS OF GOING SLOW

WILD COMMENT

I'D HEARD that there's a beauty in going slow. Once I would have countered (in my mind, at least), “but going fast is more fun.” These days, I am not so sure, and I recently found out why.

Sitting on a large rock by Sylvester Hut in Kahurangi National Park, I watched the sun cresting Mt Crusader in gentle orange.

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