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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 26 June 1926, Page 11

The ascent of Ngaimihoe, which still ■shows signs of activity, was made from Whftkapapa on Tuesday, the party consisting of Messrs A. Murie (Wellington), A. Hayward (Wanganui) and Ross Moody (Shannon. The crater was reached after a four hours’ climb, and presented a wonderful spectacle, being intensely active over the whole area. Several new fissures and blowholes have been formed, and the shape of the crater has been completely altered. It appeftrs to be much larger since the eruption. The descent began at 2 p.m. After going a short distance Mr Haywood missed bis foothold. His ice axe was wrenched from hi® hand and he was precipitated several hundred feet down a rocky ice face and hurled over a 60ft. bluff.' His meteoric course was arrested I>v a deep snowdrift. He sustained a lacerated thigh and severe abarsions, but escaped serious injury. The other members of the party assist- ’ ©d the injured man back to the hut, where first aid was administered by the ranger, Mr A. Cowling. The patient jVipidlv recovered from' the shock, and was able to get about next morning, apparently none the worse for his nerve racking experience.