John Burgess finished the Jumbo–Holdsworth circuit anticlockwise. “I had just enough dexterity left in my frozen fingers to get my gloves off and capture this rainbow over Phil Hancock and Alexis Silvani. We were relishing being able to hear each other again after we had sleet driven into our faces by a feral wind across the tops,” he said.
Mt Somers via Te Kiekie Route, Hakatere Conservation Park
The Tararua’s forgotten traverse
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