Record Ski Run
-Mr. Brian Murphy, Dawson Falls, sleied from the top of Mt. Egmont to ^ Fantham's Peak during the week-end. This is the first time the feat has been accomplished, and it caused a great deal of interest ainong mountain enthusiasts who visited Syme Hut, says the Taranaki Daily News. Mr. Murphy climbed on skis to the summit. Then he skied out of the crater and shot down the slope. He never made a flaw in the whole trip. which took him about five* minutes for ,a. drop of over 2000 feiet. Mr. Murphy is an accomplished ski-run- . ner. This season he has won the •Ruapehu, Taranaki, and Egmont •championships. He did not compete at the New Zealand championsh'ips. The only feat comparable with Mr. Murphy's was performed by Mr. Alf. Brustad, then of the Hkrmitiagte, about two years ago. He skied down ; ■f-Vio .. cl r>r> o a:.^o£ JTf a n
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 November 1933, Page 6
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152Record Ski Run Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 702, 30 November 1933, Page 6
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