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Scary climb

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Scary climb

Holdsworth is a gateway for tramping in the Tararuas. Among the most challenging obstacles is Jacob’s Ladder – a steel and wooden ladder up a cliff face on Twin Peaks. This is the third ladder on the site.

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Ben Schrader, Wairarapa places – Carterton, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12019/scary-climb (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Ben Schrader, published 2 March 2009, updated 11 June 2015.