WOMAN'S FEAT.
CLIMBED THREE PEAKS. PERFORMANCE IN ONE DAY. THE CHATEAU, Monday. By climbing the # three peaks of Xgauruhoe, Tongariro "and Ruapehu in one day, Miss Xgaire Horton, of Wellington, has established a record equalled previously only 'by two parties of uien and never by a woman. Accompanied by Guide Kirk Johnston, Miss Horton left the Chateau/ at midnight last night and returned at 10 o'clock to-night, taking only three hours longer than the record set last year. ■-■ ■
Conditions for the climb were excellent throughout, and the top of Ruapehu wa*» reached at sunrise. The peak of Ngauruhoe was gained by imid-day, and the climbers were still fresh when they returned to the Chateau at 10 o'clock.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 310, 31 December 1940, Page 9
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