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8 Episodes 2013 - 2013
Episode 1
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie follow the fateful footsteps of gold-miner Alphonse Barrington, whose 1864 mid-winter traverse of mountain ranges and glaciers near Queenstown is unique in our history for its "boldness born of desperation". A story that has Kevin and Jamie eating roasted rat.
Episode 2
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie head to the hills of Takaka to retrace the steps of caver Peter Lambert and his team as they became the first to explore the Harwood's Hole caving system in 1958.
Episode 3
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie head to Fiordland to explore the unmapped Olivine Ice Plateau as John Holloway did between 1934-1938.
Episode 4
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie embark on the epic first exploration of the wild Motu River, retracing the route of the Fisher brothers in 1920.
Episode 5
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie take on the fearsome Cook River Gorge as they retrace the footsteps of pioneer photographer Ebenezer Teichelmann in 1905.
Episode 6
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie will embark on the journey of Kelly Tarlton and his exploration of the Elingimite wreck off the Three Kings Islands.
Episode 7
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie embark on the remarkable 1885 exploration of the Arawata River and take on the ascent of Mt Ionia, following in the footsteps of Charlie Douglas and Gerhard Mueller.
Episode 8
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie take on the massive summit of Mt Tapuae-o-uenuku, all 2,885 metres of it as Edmund Hillary did in 1944.