FOR SUMMER MOUNTAINEERING.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 928, 22 September 1910, Page 4

FOR SUMMER MOUNTAINEERING.

THE MOUNT HXCTOE TEAC£. , / A; meeting of -the Mount Hector. .Track Committee was ..held in the "Greytown Council Chamber on Tuesday' evening. -The ,Mayor ; (Mr; D. .Loasby) gave- a; re-, sume' .of" an '. interview., with the Minister tor Lands (the Hon. the Prime Minister). Mr. : M. Jlaxtoh reported, that the I'ea-' therston County Council had.'approached the Land Board, and- had been granted £10 (accrued thirds) -to' expend-'on .-.the Mount Hector track.. .The local.commit too have now to augment'this amount to leiOO'. by. ■ subscribing ,£30,-. and ' the; Mm-, ister for Lands will give'a'grant'of..Js'.iOJi; making a-total 0f'.£209. Tnis.it is estimated, 'will..make.-a BOod''traok ;, .to -im summit; of .rMpunt Hector,: and thus, form a connecting link of ; some.importance between "the.'\Vairafapa : 'and; Otaki.: This link may; be' used both, as a '"tourist's jaunt 'and for.a!-stock. track. '•' The track practically Starts''from the Wobdside ■.railway station, and wends up the Waiohimi .'Gully. to Mr. 'Harrison's run, and j. then" follows a line r of ■ road'.'to';.-.the.- top .of the adjacent spur. This. is a sharp. I climb, say, 20' minutes' going, and from there it. is . ah. easy grade'.-. to,'. Mount' Eeeves, the pedestrian keeping--.on the ridge'the. whole .way.. From" there still on ariclge a descent (followed,by,a climb) is'made to. the Cone, and' from' thc-re on to-Mount Hector; ...Thisis the.'line laid, i.o'ut by.tho Greytown'Committee. For'the, continuation-of' it the onus, -is'-on''the r people of Otaki, the guidance of Mr. -W. H.. Field, M.P., are-expected to .'take up the running. and continue;the track into: Otaki. .The whole ."climb"/ carries the-tourist up more than 5000 ft.. above sea level,-and affords generous glimpses of alpine'beauty. It is,intended to call tenders j.for work on, the t track, atas. early a date as.possible. .. |..."