Harwoods Hole - 190 meter rappel down one of the deepest vertical shafts in New Zealand

[@Torbea]

Been to Harwood’s hole a few times and always wondered what was down there! Great video, very cool to see. The walk there is one of my favourites!

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Thanks very much Lijit.

[@richardevans6655]

NZ is full of natural wonders. I visited Harwoods hole over 20 years ago.....and wondered what and why...... Thank you for this video

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Thank you for sharing some of your experience Mr Richard!

[@sheasheak2666]

Visited this hole once, it looks great.

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Thanks for sharing, SheaShea K.

[@hootsmcgee7896]

wow, so cool! i stumbled upon Harwoods Hole by accident as well... such an enchanting spot.

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Thanks very much Hoots McGee. Can I ask when it was you were there?

[@tiffanylane7819]

I bet our feel good going down there😸😸😸

[@jackmiller8851]

haha , looks like a lot of fun, but some of those narrow passages - NOPE not going thru there anytime soon. brave people indeed!

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Thanks Jack.

[@TorgoMazing]

My ancestor found this hole. Such a beauty

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Hi KM, may I ask who your ancestor was? That sounds really interesting. :)

[@TorgoMazing]

@@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors Henry Harwood. He went on to own the land the cave was on I believe.

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

@@TorgoMazing that's an awesome story!

[@NewZealandWild]

Cool, I went down in 97. My ex - wifes grandad was Arthur Coyle who was an early explorer. I met his wife Ruth a few times. She was a caver too.

[@nnaheim.]

Are you able to book a tour to absail down and go thru the caves and back out again?

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Hi there, no. There are currently no commercial tours through the cave that I'm aware of. Your best bet is to join a caving club and build experience and relationships through that, then get someone to take you through it. I'm aware of people that attempted it without the proper experience and skills, and ended up needing rescue. Hope that helps.

[@NewZealandWild]

Oh ! This is so cool. I went down there and out through Starlight in October 1997. A couple of days later we did a through trip of Nettlebed from ... um ... thingy Pot (sorry, it is the pot) down to ... um ... the bottom ... but, yeah, Harwoods has to be the single most amazing place I've been ... well, that, and the Lost World near Te Kuiti ... oh, and the Pororari River ... and, um ... whatsit called ? ... doh !

[@NewZealandWild]

But, yeah, I always dreamed of seeing it from just above like that, because you can't really see down from anywhere around it, and you're quite a way down before you're free hanging. I've often thought how cool it would be to film that by drone. It's such an epic cave. Love giant gour dams. My friend Phil was on an ASG trip back in the 70's and was climbing back up with old style Jumars, to find the rope had slipped off the protector and frayed almost right through a few feet above him. He carefully climbed up, pulled up the rope, to loud shouts from below, cut and tied it, then spewed. Big caves are never to be taken too lightly. They can kill you in so many ways.

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Hi Steve, thanks for sharing. That sounds like a real adventure. Ive heard Nettle bed, and (I assume) Stormy pot are extraordinary as well!

[@darrelljohnson130]

Hei Josh great video!

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Thanks Uncle Darrell! If you have a look through my channel, You are in a number of the videos. :)

[@arawiri]

I told you I hate caves and being in caves and what do yous do make me go caving my hole life. 🕳

[@arawiri]

I've left you in it, later