Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko ia te tangata i eke ki ngā tihi o Kilimanjaro, i ārahi i ngā haerenga ki Maunga Everest, ā, i whakaoti i Te Ara Kokoda. Inaianei kei te whakangungu a Joe Bonington, nō Hīnea, i ngā tāngata Māori o Ahitereiria kia pēnei tonu te mahi, ā, ka whakakore i ēnei haerenga mai i tā rātau rārangi rākau. Ko te kaiwhakaako 47-tau te pakeke e whakaatu ana me pehea tana papa, te korero o te maunga o Ingarangi a Sir Chris Bonington, i awhina i a ia ki te huri i tona oranga raruraru me te wheako i te ahua kore o te whakatutuki i nga mea i whakaarohia e ia kaore e taea. Ko Joe Bonington (matau) me tona papa, ko te rongonui o te maunga o Ingarangi a Sir Chris Bonington (maui), i Kala Patthar i nga Himalayas i te 2008, me te Maunga Everest i kitea i muri. Kei te whakangungu te tangata nō Hīnea i ngā tāngata o Ahitereiria ki te wikitōria i ngā maunga pakeke rawa o te ao me ngā ara hikoi. E ai ki a Mr Bonington, e whakahaere ana i te Basecamp a Joe i Brookvale i ngā takutai ki te Raki o Hītini, i kite ia i te huringa i roto i a ia anō i te wā i eke ia ki te tihi o Maunga Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. 'He tino raruraru taku tamarikitanga - he tino rongonui taku papa i taua wa,' i kii a Mr Bonington ki Daily Mail Ahitereiria. 'I haere ahau i te ara, a ka uru ahau ki roto i te raruraru iti no te mea i mauiui ahau o te iwi ui ahau ki te haere ahau i roto i nga tapuwae o toku papa. 'Ki taku whakaaro i ahau e tamariki ana, i hiahia ahau ki te hanga i taku ake tohu, a kaore hoki i tino mohio he aha i noho ai taku papa i nga ra i runga i enei haerenga. 'I mataku tonu ahau ka whakamatea ia - pērā ki ōna hoa katoa. He tino uaua ki te tamaiti iti ki te kai.' I te 24 o ona tau, ka haere ia ki tana haerenga tuatahi me te awhina a tona papa. 'I taua tau i whakatau ahau ki te haere ki taku haerenga tuatahi, a kua tino huri taku ora,' ka mea a Mr Bonington. I whakaahuahia a Joe Bonington i runga i te hukapapa i a ia e piki ana ki Maunga Kilimanjaro i te tau 1992. I whakaahuatia e Mr Bonington te whakawhiti i tētahi hukapapa i te maunga o Danga II i Nepal i te tau 2000. I whakaahuatia e Mr Bonington e haere ana i runga i te hukarere i runga i Danga II i Nepal i te tau 2000. 'Kei te maumahara ahau ki te 500 mita mai i te tihi o Kilimanjaro, me te korero ki taku papa me eke ahau ki reira e...
Ko Joe Bonington, 47 tau, e whakangungu ana i ngā tāngata o Ahitereiria ki te whakaoti i ngā haerenga. I timata ia i tana haerenga tuatahi - Maunga Kilimanjaro, Tanzania - i te 1992. I eke ia ki te maunga me tōna pāpā me te tangata rongonui o te maunga o Ingarangi a Sir Chris Bonington. E ai ki te kaiako whaiaro i whakarerekētia e tēnei wā tōna ora mō ake tonu atu i te mea i whai raruraru ia i tōna tamarikitanga. E mea ana ia i taea e ia te mārama he aha i mau ai tana pāpā ki ēnei mōrearea. Inaianei e hiahia ana ia ki te whakatenatena i ētahi atu ki te'mahi atu i tō rātau rohe whakamarie' me te kite i te ao whakamiharo e noho nei tātou.