TRAGEDY ON RUAPEHU. — Mr. James Alexander Gordon, a solicitor, of Taumarunui, having slipped on the ice surface while climbing on Mount Ruapehu fell into Crater Lake, and, after clinging for nearly three hours to a rock, disappeared. The summit of Mount Ruapehu, looking south, showing Crater Lake in the centre. From left, the main peaks are Pyramid Peak, Girdlestone Peak, Ruapehu Peak (9175 ft), the highest point on the mountain, Teaata Hua and Paretetaitonga (right). In the right foreground is the Whakapapa Glacier.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 146, 22 May 1936, Page 4
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83TRAGEDY ON RUAPEHU.—Mr. James Alexander Gordon, a solicitor, of Taumarunui, having slipped on the ice surface while climbing on Mount Ruapehu fell into Crater Lake, and, after clinging for nearly three hours to a rock, disappeared. The summit of Mount Ruapehu, looking south, showing Crater Lake in the centre. From left, the main peaks are Pyramid Peak, Girdlestone Peak, Ruapehu Peak (9175ft), the highest point on the mountain, Teaata Hua and Paretetaitonga (right). In the right foreground is the Whakapapa Glacier. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 146, 22 May 1936, Page 4
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