For the wapiti bugle of 1980, Vern, accompanied by his friend Peter Townsend, drew the Wild Natives River block, which drains into the top end of Bligh Sound.
It was a Saturday in early April in 1920 when Jim, Peter and Donald left at dawn for the base camp – a 30-mile ‘stroll’ – to obtain more supplies, taking with them four heads and three head skins.
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