River dunking etched in tramper’s memory

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River dunking etched in tramper’s memory

Martin
Johnston
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Martin Johnston smiling through the shivers beside Lauper Stream, after a dunking in a swift-flowing Rakaia River (which is situated further behind him) [Image: Michael Johnston]

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We gripped onto each other and kicked for our lives It’s more than a decade ago now, but my legs seem to have retained a vivid memory of what the