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8 Episodes 2014 - 2014
Episode 1
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie embark on the amazing 1948 rescue of Ruth Adams on Mt La Perouse, near Mt Cook, following in the footsteps of the famous Edmund Hillary and guides Harry Ayres and Mick Sullivan.
Episode 2
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie go 400 km off the south coast to the notoriously dangerous Auckland Islands seeking the site of the wreck of the Scottish sailing ship Invercauld. In 1864, a terrifying storm forced the ship with its crew into the rocks.
Episode 3
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie take on the Tararua Ranges in the North Island as they retrace the steps of Bert O'Keefe, Morva William, Bill Sutch and Eric Hill. In 1933, the team was crossing the Broxen Axe pinnacles when O'Keefe was injured.
Episode 4
44 mins
Tracing the footsteps of NZ climber Samuel Turner, Kevin and Jamie tackle the northwest ridge of Mt Aspiring, taking the same route that Turner and his 4 climbing companions did in 1913.
Episode 5
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie brave the southern reaches of the Auckland Islands where the ship Grafton hit rocks in January 1864 and the crew was shipwrecked for over 20 months. This land is inhospitable and the seascape is as deceptive as it is cruel.
Episode 6
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie head to the Whitcombe Valley on the west coast of the South Island to walk in the footsteps of two remarkable men, employed in 1953 as government deer cullers: Jock Fisher and Lew Sutherland.
Episode 7
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie travel back in time to the scene of one of New Zealand's most infamous manhunts. For over 3 years, Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki escaped capture and certain death. Gilbert Mair was his nemesis, never giving up the hunt.
Episode 8
44 mins
Kevin and Jamie head to Kahurangi National Park in the South Island to take on the Karamea River to retrace the route of four rafters, who in 1954, in two air-force surplus inflatable rafts, took on the roughest white water in the country.