Kahurangi – four corners

As we enter, there is a noticeable drop in air temperature, the cool rock refrigerating the air inside the cave. The entrance chamber is fairly large and we easily negotiate our way to the back, where a crouching-height tube leads up and to the right. We follow this for 15m to where it opens up into a short, vertical shaft. Two 5m hand-lines lead us down to the streamway. Further along, we encounter a large flowstone slope, leading up into the dark. Clambering to the top of it, the way on appears to be a small gap, bordered by limestone formations. It is the Hinkle Horn Honking Holes, a series of three squeezes with a reputation for stumping even the most experienced cavers...

Traversing the Serpentine Range
The Serpentine Range is a visually impressive range in Fiordland. It is seldom visited, even less written about, a literature search of alpine journals provides only the slightest mention. ...

Author: Glenn Pennycook

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