New Zealand Alpine Club

This will be a romping traverse of some of the less visited areas in the Southern Alps as only someone like Geoff can do.

As part of the upcoming centenary celebration of Freda du Faur’s historic climb of Aoraki Mt Cook, Carla Braun-Elwert is putting together a collection of images of women climbing. These will be displayed on a big screen at the celebrations at Mt Cook on December 4th.

If you would like to contribute any images towards this collection please email fredaphotos@gmail.com.

Images need to be of mountaineering or rock climbing and must feature women. Historic photos of women climbing will also be very welcome.

We have a new supply of 10mm hangers available for sale.

Members $5ea, Non-members $6.50ea + freight.

Orders can be placed online.

December 3rd, 2010 marks the centenary of Freda du Faur’s ascent of Aoraki/ Mt Cook- the first ever by a woman.

To celebrate the New Zealand Alpine Club is hosting a six day alpine instruction course for women at Aoraki Mt Cook.

The course is designed for women who have good basic mountaineering skills and a good level of fitness, and would like to move towards becoming self sufficient alpinists in glaciated mountain terrain.

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Jon Muir, Australian mountaineer, Everest summiter and polar and desert explorer, is regarded as one of the great adventurers of the last century. He was making epic ascents in the Himalaya’s at a very young age, has trekked to both the North and South Poles, and several years ago made an unsupported trek the length of Australia; a feat he says that made all his other accomplishments pale in significance.

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The 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Wellington Section of the NZ Alpine Club will be held:

Time: 8.00pm Monday 6th September
Venue: Turnbull House, Bowen St Wellington
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