MR AMERY'S HOLIDAY.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19177, 7 December 1927, Page 10

MR AMERY'S HOLIDAY.

BAD WEATHER PREVftltt ASCENT OF MT. COOK,

(BHCIAT. TO TBI (MU.) 7

THE HJSRMITA# ( )M»fcw{., Mr Amery and pwtj Iflft tip M hut on Monday morniftg. It 6 p'clockj and went to the till Bidge at 7000 erected to the meriifry, ol Mt ; and. Guides Thompsotf, who were killed by an 1914. Instead of the slopes «lUgn*»> of snow, the party hund MUWMpji snow to negotiate, and tW '» under snow to the roof. jwP billy boiled, Mr Amery, Mlf/WW Miss Harper, and 1-eter Qfthp cended tho Glacier Dome, BKP JjS over whicli *ho route of Mtwß erally goes From here tha TOMJ Oook, Tasmqn, and other grwtWMj is very fine, and.Mr Amery u«l™ could not recall anything w PF* sive in either Switeerland of OUttw The party stayed on the, BUtMUU? only a brief time, as it tery nip,*® was blowing. Mr Amery is most anxious » MW Mt. Cook, and had the weatttfjWJ the' peak would have beett ftlfflUw day. The weather, ohangad, and by sunset a fottWA*: wester, rain, and hail, return to the Ball hut. in very stormy weather,. Wwjoijff, descent to the gl&clw (jilitt Mi taking. The party at pWrtnt jO* »■ Ball hut waiting for the clear. This storm will pwb»M climbing Mt. Cook out of the AW",