CLIMBING IN THE ALPS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21975, 26 December 1936, Page 16

CLIMBING IN THE ALPS

i ASCENTS OF SEVERN PEAKS activity at the hermit^ Miss Kate Gardiner, the climber, who is at the HermiS? Mount Cook, for the climbing has recently made two ascentsW the upper reaches of the Hooker % ley. In company with Guide FW Alack and Chief Guide Vic Will®? of the Hermitage, Miss GardiS climbed the Harper saddle and mX Sturdee one day, and made an atlaS on La Perouse the next. The La g rouse trip was unsuccessful because* unfavourable conditions, but afe later the south peak of Mount cS ■was made. The ascent of this of Cook is considered to be fairly dS ficult. It provides excellent rock aS snow climbing. The time taken a this climb was a little more than a hours. The ascent of Mount Cook was nsafc from the Gardiner Hut. a new ki named by the Mount Cook Toarjjt Company after Miss Gardiner, S height is 5200 feet, and, situated £ most under Mount Cook, it serves as a base for several big climbs. Miss Gardiner and the two gnjfr. hope later in the season to tempt on Mount Aspiring, near aka, and Mount Tutoko, in the & ford Sound region. Several climbs have been made®, cently by Mr H. K. Douglas, the ig. known Wellington mountaineer, jg Guide; M. Bowie. They have made*, cents of Mounts Elie de Beaunm Walter, Green, and the they are now awaiting favourable e*. ditions for an attempt on Cook. Parties of ski-ing enthusiasts wtfc going to the Malte Brim hut fromg Hermitage within the next few jg for summer ski-ing.