MOUNT COOK ASCENT
PERFECT CONDITIONS Timaru, Feb. 17. Mount Cook was climbed yesterday! J for the second time this year. ’Mr and j ■ Mrs Harry Ayres, of Franz Josef. Glacier, after crossing the Graham Saddle to the Haast hut, were joined! there by the Fev. Father O'Gorman l and Mr R. Logan, both of Rangiora. i ! The party climbed Mount Cook via the! Linda Glacier route. The conditions! > and day were perfect. The party left the Haast hut and crossed over to the Pioneer hut on Thursday, and Mr and Mrs Ayres and! Mr Logan made the ascent of Mount i Tasman on Saturday, the first of this' season, by the northern route over! Mount Lindenfeldt. The conditions were perfect and fine views were obtained. This party returned via Newton Pass, Aimer and the Franz Josef Glacier. —P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 18 February 1942, Page 2
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