MOUNT SEFTON CLIMBED
SUCCESS OF ENGLISHWOMAN. ASCENT OF UNNAMED PEAK. The ascent of Mount Sefton, 10,350 ft, was made by Miss K. Gardiner, of the English Ladies’ Alpine Club, accompanied. by two West Coast guides, Messrs. P. Graham and F. Alack, last week. The climb was started from a high bivouac on the Westland side above Welcome Flat in the Copeland Valley. The following day, Miss Gardiner, with the same guides, made the second ascent of Scott's Peak and a first ascent of -’ll unnamed and unclimbed peak in the main divide south of Mount Sefton.
Miss Gardiner has climbed extensively in Canada besides several of the notable peaks in New Zealand in the neighbourhood of the Frajiz Josef Glacier and at the Hermitage, including Mount Cook. Miss Gardiner is the second lady to climb Mount Sefton. The weather was perfect and a wonderful view of the Southern Alps was obtained.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19310218.2.151
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1931, Page 12
Word Count
151MOUNT SEFTON CLIMBED Taranaki Daily News, 18 February 1931, Page 12
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. 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.