Skiing 10,000 Feet Dp
ASCENT OF THE MINARETS Per Press Association. TIMARU, Last Night. What is believed to lie the greatest height skis have been taken in New Zealand was accomplished by Guide AT. Bowie, of the Hermitage, and Messrs H. and A. Wigley, who, during the week-end, made an ascent of the Minarets, 10,305 feet. Snow conditions were bad, the party taking six and a-liatf hours to reach the summit. The return trip took two hours.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 220, 20 September 1934, Page 6
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