MOUNT COOK EXPLORATION.
(united press association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, February 22,
In a letter from Mr. Green, the Alpine explorer, he says that, after fourteen hours' labor, they managed to cross the moraine of the Taßinau glacier and reach the ice. None of them had ever Been such a moraine before. They had a dear view of the three approaches to Mount Cook, and found two of them impracticable. They intend to try the porthern one, to reach which they will have to cross some of the glaciers between it and Mount Tasman. They expect so" much hard work that Mr. Green's companion, an amateur at Alpine climbing, thought it better to relinquish it andteturu. The Swiss guides have the impression that there is more rnorainic matter on the Tasman glacier than on all the Swiss glaciers put together, and they say that one of the finest alpine scenes they have ever witnessed is half way up the glacier. In fact nothing in Sitzerland can compare with it. They consider the mountain the most difficult they have ever ascended.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS18820224.2.11
Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 214, 24 February 1882, Page 2
Word Count
177MOUNT COOK EXPLORATION. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume III, Issue 214, 24 February 1882, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in