The classic Five Passes Route traverses the Rock Burn and Beans Burn valleys – a landscape as stunning and beautiful as the nearby Route Burn. By Sarah White
Three shadows crouched on a ledge above the entrance to the cave, poking sticks into a smouldering fire. Dressed in black and with bare feet, they looked like figures from a dystopian movie. “Any room at the inn?” we chirped hopefully. “There might be if you squeeze through the pinch; there are others in there […]
Sarah White spends weekends exploring the ranges around Wellington with her partner, photographer Paul McCredie. Over summer they do longer transalpine trips on the South Island’s West Coast. She has been tramping for over 50 years, and spent many years bribing her children through multi-day trips. She works as a librarian. Her favourite tramping snack is roasted salted cashews.
