Thread: Peter Harker - Hunting Author

oh RIP Harker... im coincidently reading both his books about the WC just now as of 2 weeks ago......... A Legend of sorts.

certainly led an interesting life

I first became aware of Peter Harker when stuck in hut for a day due to shit weather there was a pile of old 70's hunting magazines. His stories really stood out as amusing and hardcore. Backsteak hanging on the belt and oxo cube boiled up in an enamel mug for sustenance. We came up with the term "totally Harkered" for those times when your body took 3 days to recover from a trip, or you ended up wading through endless matagouri or crawling through monkey scrub. I heard an unsubstantiated rumour that when he worked for the Otago acclimatisation society he was able to choose his own vehicle. He got a valiant charger, I'd assume to facilitate quick trips to the coast. They asked him to tone it down so he traded it in for a 180B SSS!