ASCENT OF MOUNT RUAPEHU

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 8

ASCENT OF MOUNT RUAPEHU

1 -./A ? suocessful.'.one-day-irip .to the: suni- ■ mit of; Mount;;Euapeiu':from',Kangatat)a '• was'accomplished; on. February 13, by Mr. '.' Harcourt-and-aVpa'rty'from Baetihi, un- ',' der,;tke guidahbe.'of : Mr.'-Snow, jnn.' ; 'The ; 'par.ty ; ' left -Eangataua...atC.'daybreak, V .reaching summit ;at' 11.15 ". a.m.,' and; ' arriving vback' at ,Rangataua;at 7;3fl;p.m.' ; Another ;party,."numbering '38 .in;, all, ; 'ascended "the 1 , mountain, on..February..6.. ' This.party.comprised: Mr. and Mrs.;Lowe, J Mr..an'd;Mrs. ; ..Bryce,vMiss;C.ar'mody, and '■ patrol.of, Boy: . .Scouts,', raihraX officials and:employees,. hands;from ;'. Janiman's imiil/j.Ohakuhe'iStatibni ;,Tho. ' party left; EaxgataSia*. about midday:;.; on ' Saturday, -following -thb.- direct 'track,, from ■ the'.. township','.:s>f..Raugateuai: a'nd'.v.Mr. :. libwe.brbughfc.tha'Jadies.fr'ora Ohakune-ih ; :his : ,.raUway: ; mdtp'r}oaT.';;,' This <■. contingent subsequently; .contiiiuedi: their journey on . horseback,: themselves ', as.very pleased'.ivith":their.trip,:and.very > proud,of.Vhaving'.'.reachedL^hei'-highest. • p6iht : ;in;the:'NortK.-Island.:.According,to i : . members: of: the vparty,'..th6..four.;p6ints '.' of picturesque •' ride : through'the :'beecli! forest; the. glacier,: ■ ;the .crater-hike,'a'ndvlast, but not'least; ' "the m^mficeht.Tiews'obtained'from'tho I su'mmit.rtThO' 'return! journey \ proved deV >■ lightful • ibd ; exhilaratiug, ■• glissading and • -tobogganing • beginning at .the summit, and i' cohtinuihg "for, Nearly -two miles;..-' Most s oi the'.parfy'Teturaed- to Eangataua."oD' i Sunday'evening; doing.the.-returri journey • tharr-two-hours'-on i horsebackl '. The'-bthers : remaincd; another )■ ni'ght;at' the' siib-Alpine.camp, returning > txvtheir'.homes bii'-Slonda'y morning.'Their [' general; feeling was that, they.'lia'd-had-, tvio ttaysjwhicli would 'long;remem- ■ bjer.'' ; y ■-'.-:-..:•:.•-■■',''••.r-''-; : jV^li■:-. '.. -"'/;*.'■'^'