WOMAN ASCENDS MOUNT ROLLESTON
FIRST TO ACCOMPLISH DIFFICULT FEAT. (Per Press Association). CHRISTCHURCH. Lost Night : ; For the first time a woman has reached tho summit of Mount BollcS' ton. She is Miss Betty Petre, of St. Albans, and she accomplished the feat yesterday in company with Mossrt. VfFraser and W. CalWcllj both of wboin are experienced alpinists, who have been on the mountain" t‘op . Miss Petra has been at • Arthur's » Pass for several weeks, waiting the chance for suitable climbing conditions. The weather has', been bad'for ■' some time, heavy snow falling. Her performance in climbing at this late period of tho season such a difficult mountain, which has foiled hun- .. dreds of good climbers, is really remarkable. ' The back and highest peak of Rolleston, w£tcb rises from th« Crow Glacier, is precipitous rock.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MT19270406.2.50
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 6
Word Count
133WOMAN ASCENDS MOUNT ROLLESTON Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in