Heading up the unmaintained track from Asbestos Cottage towards Cobb Ridge, before the drama began. Photo: Ricky French

Discombobulated in Kahurangi

May 2018

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How one simple mistake set off a chain of events that had this intrepid tramper scratching his head and wondering where on earth he was.

Could there be a better hut in the country than Asbestos Cottage in which to sit around an open fire in a manuka armchair strung with potato sacks, unfurl a map and hatch a plan to get hopelessly lost? For 37 years the secluded hideaway in Kahurangi National Park was home to Henry and Annie […]
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