Rocks for a hard place

July 2019

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July 2019

Peter Crosland returned to the Tararuas to mark the trail with rock cairns
After a close call in the Tararua Ranges, Wellingtonian Peter Crosland made sure nobody would make his same mistakes. With a foreboding southerly stalking towards the Tararua Range, Peter Crosland knew the available time for his rescue was shortening by the hour. The experienced tramper had never needed his personal locator beacon before, but this […]
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