ASCENT OF MT. EGMONT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81912, 27 December 1906, Page 4

ASCENT OF MT. EGMONT.

Illy one ..f tin- pniy). ' T> first a-i-.iii if ill.- wa.-oii was omm!i-t.-tl <>ii Saturday last'l.V M IKtrtV ..f tllV-.V viM(,„- Under the skilled giiidar.e r' Yr V;-..,-;. ' 'i the North Kirm'fTit ?I-. :i :i.-■ •:. :l''i>e. Til.- three vi-itors v.. ;i' ; . to l'.:* ■ 1.0-i----on the nriious ■'= v will '.be ii.\-.> tioil of trvi'w till- ,1.-ei-!li -',:r ;■.:•(• ::f----ten-™ wilbo.:: ■i. • ::'■!■■ ' -ifiiowev.r. niey .i. ,id, d ■ • - ■'■ • ;-.'.:! the Siturday. and ii v.,,. f' : v:r.-;e thvV ill;? mi. f:ir ;l'.l a':l:i< st p.Tp.'llrtil'il !ar piiiei: of ic-wi./k at tin- end v.ua'.d have foiled their <!ctemi;:;!tieii to reach the summit. <):; Saturday morning they Irft the house at 7.1", foi owing the direct route over the Lizard, and up tie rock to the edg,.cf the crater. Here it uas fumd ad vi«ibl> to rope-u>>, and .Nlr Morris had to cut from twenty to thirty steps in lac faea cf the frozen show akining the lip. The crater itself, reached at I 12.U, was full of M'.snv, and the party ' walked over the frozen surface wit;i litt'.e difficulty to tin; tr.;, .-Uiti !!. Ftaii here the views for the. luo.-l part wcie magnitic.ut, though Irid: iiri's, hid the eastern landscape-; wi:h Jit. Kuapehu. Southwards the Mar: borough llanges, and even .\lt. Cook and Tapuaeiniku (of the Inner Kaikourns). were pieced up. A uw drifts of cloud swpt over ami a sharp wind was blowing, lint .shelter was found behind sonio rock, and iho party lunched. At a ijiiaricr past one .\lr Morris roped his men again, and the descent was begun and tie step cut passage was made, backwards, the guide himself going last with the ice axe to hold the party in ease <-■!' accident. However, nothing untonaid happened from start to h:]ish,and with a small glissade, several halts for sketching, a little llowcr studying and attitude-noting, tne nouse was hailed at half past three. Ihere the visitors found tueir wants readily supplied by lirs Morris, and far mere comfort than might be expected at sncli an isolated spot. The flowers and ferlis in every direction shout the track are now specially b/autifu!. The bush Ls starred with large white ouri-ia, and l vanuncalns make the slop; s very gay, while the is n:ade specially from the abundance dl due dwarf vvhipeord The visitors not only found great enieyment in the mountain eii.'ur.-ion itself, but were much struox with, the lusuriant pasturage anubeauti/ul scenery which was pass--ei on the drive between Xew l'iy niouth.and the mountain, ami behind a pair ol dashing horse> piloted most sk&ully by Mr Hoy Jury.