"There are times when you can't stand up," Pete Smith of the Tararua Trampers Club says. Mountain Safety Council Tararua Range is the largest conservation park in the North Island, but it's also one of the deadliest. BART STIGGELBOUT/SEARCH AND RESCUE Tararua Range is visited by approximately 152,000 people a year. SUPPLIED Mykhailo Stepura​, known as Michael, died on the Tararua Range while out tramping in November 2016 with Pavel Pazniak. Supplied John Arthur, whose body was found in the Tararua Range, seen here on Travers Saddle in Nelsons Lakes National Park.

Source: Stuff June 13, 2019 04:47 UTC