MOUNTAINEERING FEATS

Evening Star, Issue 21636, 3 February 1934, Page 10

MOUNTAINEERING FEATS

COMPLETE TRAVERSE OF HAIDINGER [Special to the ‘Stik.’] WAIHO GORGE, February 2. The first complete traverse of Mount Haiclinger and the first ascent front the Westland side was accomplished on January Li by a party consisting of Miss M. williams, of Oamaru, with Guide Mark Lysons and Joe Fluerty, of the Franz Josef Glacier. The party left the Glacier Hotel on the 28th for Aimer Hut, proceeding next day over Newton ‘ Pass to the Pioneer Ridge bivouac, and ascending Glacier Peak the same day. Next morning the party set out at 6 a.m. for Mount Haidinger, ascending by a snow rib leading, from the Fox Basin to the main southern arete of Mount Haidinger, thence to the summit. The last steep ice slope took some time to negotiate, and trie summit was not reached till about 3 p.m. The traverse was then commenced along the summit ridge to the North Peak, and the descent made by the west face to the Fox snowfield and back to the bivouac by moonlight, arriving at 3 o’clock next morning. The party returned to Waiho later the same day.

Mr Alister Duthie, Miss Stevenson, and Miss Davidson, of Dunedin, : with Guide Keirt Suter, of Fx-anz Josef Glacier, after making the ascent of Mount ,de la Beclio, the Minarets of Mount Drummond from the Aimer Hut, crossed over by Newton ‘ Pass, climbing Mount Spencer en route to the Pioneer bivouac at the head of the Fox Glacier: and from there ascended Glacier-Peak and Mount Lendenfeldt. afterwards crossing the divide by Pioneer Pass to the Haast Hut, and thence on to the De la Beche Hut. Hero Miss Davidson left the party to return to Dunedin from the Hermitage Miss Stevenson and Mr Duthie, with their guide, returned to the Haast Hut, arid recrossed the divide by Clark’s Sadie, a high col of nearly 10,000 ft between Teichelmarn Peak and Mount Boantier, connecting the Lirida Glacier with that of the La Perouse Glacier and ..the valley, /which is' a branch of the Cook River in Westland This is the first crossing of the divide by this col, thus establishing a pass, between the Lirida Glacier on the east side and that of the Cook River in Westland. .