Wilderness

A NIGHT WITH A GUARDIAN

SINCE GUY MANNERING and A. P. Harper first crossed Ball Pass in January 1890, it has become one of the better-known spots in the Southern Alps.

We set off from the Whitehorse car park in calm weather and soon realised that our choice to go west to east was a good one. Doing it this way had us nice

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