CLIMB WITH SKIS
ASCENT OF 10,050 FEET BELIEVED A DOMINION RECORD [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] TIMARTJ, Wednesday What is believed to be the greatest height skis have been taken in New Zealand was accomplished by Guide M. Bowie, of the Hermitage, and Messrs. H. and A. Wigley, who during the week-end made an ascent of the Minaret's, 10,050 ft.
The snow conditions were bad, the party taking six and a-half hoursi to reach the summit. The return trip took two hours.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21910, 20 September 1934, Page 10
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81CLIMB WITH SKIS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21910, 20 September 1934, Page 10
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