ACONCAGUA AND NGAURUHOE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 601, 1 September 1909, Page 4

ACONCAGUA AND NGAURUHOE.

fe X : ]:■ ■•': A /member -of J tho'; Alpine/.Club .writes as KX--.- X ; follows ■The: Dominion ;of: August, 14, P'k■ ■'■,• there appeared a 'short article regarding* Mr. pvKifl '• S.--Turner's'- failure.:to ; .'..climb,..Aconcagua. RXX'X Considering tho briefness "of! the- article,; it tes- ; \? .''■: contains' a surprising number of inaccuracies. tljKl X'/Alpinists, as. a rule;- pride themselves 1 m re-. fe'XX X gard,to.accuracy of...detail,..,and, therefore, pfXX ■'■■:: such errors as appeared;in this article should Es£-X--not remain'uncorrected/ ' r "' XX""'- XX " fe';i;.'- : ','- /■, ','Error No. I.—Mr. Turner-is not.tho only |§8; V <X' one .who,has' ascended ;,td .the top of Ngauru|?X;X' Xhoe in winter, 'At least throb' New Zealand-' fe?-S ; ,:.'"':ers..'havß:doho:'>6.; ; '. ;Quory.:>pid-Mr. 'Turner PW-'V- : 'ascend "to tho/to'p'fX/liis" photographs, did fXXXi'X.not,show tho summits -Moreover,-ho was tXXiXX' cliinbinu alone,' and < lost his way I , \rsiQ.'j'i'"- ' "Error No. 2.— -Your article states /that f-tV,i&":,-only Hehling, the German, and Zurbriggen, iK/X>XX the, Swiss, have niade the a'scent'of Aconcagua. not'sb. Tho ascontjhas been mado s" ta.'v't'v by at least two other's,,.viz!,; by, Mr. Stewart jp^/XiXXVihes,'and'by/Sir : "\V..,M...Conway. ' EX'XXX "Error No. 3.--Refercncc is mado to 'the l-S^vi-daring work' of Mi-.. •Turher' : in 'tho roaring fexfeXX Andes,' and to .his...'hazardous ■"■climb'-'to' 000 ft. ,:'. What' nonsenso t X Sir William pX : ;XXX-CoWay,. who ascended :fo the' final ridge— ;-'jjjoje than threo thousand.feet higher than K>'W/?' ; ' r, Mr. Tumor's supposed highest—writes:.'Tho [XXi^/Xfountain, of course, was -entirely, devoid of K-'X-^ : ,- a iJ ordinary dangers. Indeed, from tho-bot-to tho top/tbero'is.not'a'step of any pVXXi.XXJuifficulty whatever upon _ itX,, . . _ K; ; --;.;r-. ''Error N0. ! 4.-rTho height of Aconcagua is te:XX,';X' E i ven a a'23,4ooft.} ; carefvd-measurements by fX-XviXXthe' Fitzgerald expeditioa;showed' it to bo pi%;-£>ly.-23 J ~-"'