THE ALPINE TOURISTS.
; Vr--The Rev/ W. S. Green, with a compabion and two experienced Swiss guide's, have ; started for the Mackenzie 1 Country, with the intention of ! clambering, about the disorderly heaps' of rock which’jfendes in the'sheep runs on the west side. Some of the rocks, are difficult to mount, and the travellers consul ted’Dr von Haast, who has been among them a good deal, as to the best way ,of getting: to tbe top ot the biggest ; of them. A programme was sketched' somewhat as follows party will pitch a camp at the foot of the Tasman Glacier 'as a centre of operations. Ascending thef Glacier for six or •even mijes they will take to a spur on the left, traversing which will bring them,; to, the southern foot of the peak of Mount Cook. Patting “a stout heaft to astae brae,” they will (if they can) scramble up to the top Of the mountain monarch, whence. if they succeed, and the day be fine, they will have a splendid view, including, as frequenters 6£ that favorite promenade must know, a glimpse' of the Timaru Breakwater.: From' all - that has been .. and ' written - of I 'the steepness andi rnggedness of j -Mount' Cook it may be conjectured'that‘they, will have: a (habds-and kn)easy climb. Have t'done/’ or done ( with, Mount Cook, _« the “■ party will 1 attack Mount Darwin, a splintery pebble some miles north of Mount Cdok, and nearly as high. From the top of this peak the party will have a choice of. ice rivers to skate homeward on, several big glaciers having their origin.jpn the.flanks of the mountain/ We wish the party :a> successful Excursion and: a/safe return,A “ pleasant journey: ”, is out of the tjuestion. If they succeed in leaving their initials, scratched, on ap ,i empty sardine tin with’ a a pocket knife, on the top of Mount Cook, their success taay result in 1 the formation of an Alpine Club in New Zealand.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2773, 11 February 1882, Page 3
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327THE ALPINE TOURISTS. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2773, 11 February 1882, Page 3
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