A decent rock bivvy makes for a comfortable night on Waterfall Flat. Photo: Sam Harrison

Day of reckoning

March 2023

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Rabbit Pass is world famous in New Zealand for its stunning river valleys, beech forest and the treacherous Waterfall Face.

Two powerful alpine waterfalls surround me as I hang several hundred metres in the air, high above a picturesque valley in the Southern Alps. My hands are tightly clasped around a pathetic clump of snow tussock, my feet tucked into earthen toeholds. This is the Waterfall Face on the Rabbit Pass Route, and I am […]
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Sam Harrison

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Sam Harrison

Sam Harrison is a chocolate addict who tramps on the side. When he’s not in the bush he can be found pushing paper for a government department in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. Sam graduated from the University of Otago in 2021 with a Bachelor of Law, a Bachelor of Arts, a large student loan and a love of all things tramping. He is easily identified in the hills by his oversized camera and his distinctive knack for finding type II fun.

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