Debris in the Whanganui River can be hazardous to vessels, as Wilderness’Matthew Cattin discovered. Photo: Paul Kjoss

Near misses

February 2019

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February 2019

When disaster strikes in the outdoors, preparedness, training and luck can be the best defences you have – and sometimes survival comes right down to the wire.

Gasping for air as my head broke the surface, I turned upriver to see if my partner had made it out of the canoe. Spying her bobbing head 10m away, all tension left my body – any predicament felt miniscule compared to my fears of half a minute ago. Panic was plain on her face, […]
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