With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps

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George Edward Mannering. With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps

With Axe and Rope in the New Zealand Alps

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PREFACE

CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY

CHAPTER II. THE ROUTE TO THE MOUNT COOK DISTRICT

CHAPTER III. FIRST ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI

CHAPTER IV. SECOND ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI

CHAPTER V. THIRD ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI

CHAPTER VI. THE ASCENT OF THE HOCHSTETTER DOME

CHAPTER VII. FOURTH ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI

CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRST EXPLORATION OF THE MURCHISON GLACIER

CHAPTER IX. FIFTH ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI

CHAPTER X. ON SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF GLACIERS, WITH SPECIAL REGARD TO THOSE OF NEW ZEALAND

CHAPTER XI. CANOEING ON THE NEW ZEALAND RIVERS

L’ENVOI

APPENDIX

A SHORT GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL ALPINE TERMS

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George Edward Mannering

Published by Good Press, 2021

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The nor’-wester is the Föhn wind of New Zealand, similar in character to the Föhn winds of Switzerland or the Pampiero of the Andes. Warm air laden with moisture travels from the equatorial and Australian waters, till, striking the range of the Southern Alps, precipitation ensues, the wind descending on to the eastern plains dry and hot.

Having studied Von Lendenfeld’s map of the Tasman Glacier and its surrounding peaks made in 1883 we knew our whereabouts; but as yet we had not seen the peak of Mount Cook, having been toiling up close under the eastern flank of the range, which continues from the peak proper for a distance of ten or twelve miles in a south-easterly direction.

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