The Wairarapa Alps.
; ASCENT OF MOUNT HOLDS- .. 'WORTH.
-[Abridged from Wairarapa Daily.] A party of eleven, four of whom were ladies, nave just achieved the ascent of Mount Holdsworth. one of the highest points of the Tararua range They luff Ma.te.toD on Monday. 'Phe 8 2 ner V through winch they passed combined all luxuriant bush-vegetation. — A'fiir a .jrougii, ride of dbput t^epTioura, croasine and re-crossihg the' river , following a -tatigleJ ana-m < rfa 3 r^SOTli~hi^g it^ many aateep and. descent, the first halt waamafle/'iTtdte the horses were left, someLteihered, others allowed •to ream ;about at pleuura. . rjffhe dji.ub now began m » l rh^t xn^il theKy carrying heavy-.toaff containing the tents, blankets, and provisions needed for.cauwngput thaj^ole imweasipn tion .gradually.. .changed, trees giving way te scVub, whicli vanished m turn ■and<npw tflowersappeMing'rch^aV' of .whitest yellawihuei ..The duimg^waa j reached on.the fecopd ; d4y, ■ SSktMw . bea&ful and extensive, ,a»d all :felt ( wefi repaid fpr th;o fatigue fhey had/ under■gbtib ib gahl.it. .'ifle'TfiJaffi"'!?" W braoeethy sda- f rbitf <3ape r 'Tilrtfa^a!n to •the ;Boutli:'lsknd wherefth^stow^the KaikbraniountawsiwaWdistincttyiviiibKo At the foot of the hills' sloj^dowa from Mount Holdsworth, Infertile va ley of the Wairsrapa-Hes-stretctied out like a paQ.orwna, pearly showing the course of the and the strajght broad riv.er.-ied of tho Wain%*m &nd tihe -...flourishing- lownahiiw of Morton jJJart^rton, Stf JGrliSoW -mterßpeVse^VitK b Us .h,Vdd KrEnir^ith the glittering.w^fert!af!;the Wairarapa iSftffi 9 ? '^'Wm* $M)S* of the saa stretches f rom_the gentle cTirve near -lies bnrthd- coasf eXactly i o&p6Bite fl the Mifiuijfai^; •!^ Jfc»Ming .ihojoifglrijc^oyed the lovey :g9fi ne, ar^ftDd, aud feeliag I thoroughly rested_and refreshed, the Creek withpurfurltier .adventure, and iiinll readie*: Mk»WJrtofiui n u.^gh»'«W|l|tß rierB > alk«idßlightedii w i{| k ,7a edition winch ha&bjifcor^Bueflessful as it waa out pf the cbmniQcu.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 48, 29 January 1885, Page 2
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284The Wairarapa Alps. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 48, 29 January 1885, Page 2
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