Classic Peaks of New Zealand
by Hugh Logan, 144 pages limpbound, Craig Potton Publishing, Nelson 2002, RRP $49.95 It’s reassuring to know that the management of our natural world is
in the hands of someone who has a personal first-hand involvement with its wildest places. Hugh Logan is the Director-General of Conservation, a man who still climbs mountains as a recreation. Here he describes our major peaks (all in the South Island with one exception, Taranaki/Mount Egmont). This is an expansion of a 1990 book, Great Peaks of New Zealand, now in the same large format as Classic Tramps and Classic Tramping from the same publisher. Hugh Logan traces the history of his ‘classic’ mountain peaks and talks about climbing them. There is much about the history of mountaineering and mountaineering characters — the people who pioneered each peak. There is also a sample route guide for each. The book is richly illustrated with magnificent mountainscapes, and historical pictures. It would be of most interest to someone familiar with the characters and sport of mountain climbing.
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Forest and Bird, Issue 308, 1 May 2003, Page 44
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