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Peaks and Valleys | Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand

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Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. Click on the map below to select region, or browse in google maps. The following regions are active at present: Fiordland. Huts and Bivs (7). Aspiring Huts and Bivs (7). General mountain literature (7). Peaks and Valleys (26). Aspiring Peaks and Valleys (23). Matukituki Peaks and Valleys (23). Fiordland Peaks and Valleys (3). Milford Sound Peaks and Valleys (3). Mr Surveyor Thomson, by John Hall-Jones. Maori Nomenclature, by W.H.S. Roberts. Mount Eostre, 1995m.

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Literature | Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand

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Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. Guide South, 7. Guide North, 7. The Mount Aspiring Region, 3. Barron Saddle to Mt Brewster, 2. Aoraki / Mount Cook, 3. The Canterbury Westland Alps, 1. Arthur’s Pass, 6. Kaikoura – Kahurangi, 1. Taranaki / Mount Egmont, 2. The New Zealand Alpine Journal. Aspiring, by Scott Gilkison (1951). Aspiring, by Kieran Kelly (2008). Aspiring Hut, edited by Paul Dowden (1999). Just where do you think you’ve been? By Paul Powell (1970). Men Aspiring, by Paul Powell (1967). Milfo...

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Penny and Jamie: Taplejung to Ghunsa: Shaky journey

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011. Taplejung to Ghunsa: Shaky journey. Mamankhe - Still some earthquake damage. As previously blogged we arrived in Taplejung, feeling quite fortuitous, sometime before noon one day. Taplejung is a big town, the district centre of a largely remote mountainous area, its narrow streets hum with desperate commerce. We ate momos in a tidy restaurant enjoying the surprise wifi. Penny couldn't resist a tipple. Penny and GB Striding Out. Young girl in Chirwa. Pretty solid grade 5.

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Maori Nomenclature, by W.H.S. Roberts | Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand

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Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. Maori Nomenclature, by W.H.S. Roberts. Reprinted from Otago Daily Times. Southland pioneer W.H. Sherwood Roberts was one of very few early European settlers who recognized the importance of recording Maori lore and nomenclature before it fell into oblivion. He took notes from oral interviews with Maori elders, then published a series of articles in the Otago Daily Times and other newspapers, which were later collated into a number of books. From → History. Fill in yo...

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The Naming of Mount Aspiring | Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand

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Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. The Naming of Mount Aspiring. Mount Aspiring National Park. How a surveyor’s mistake put a name on the map for the highest peak in Otago. History books tell us that on December 18. 1857, John Turnbull Thomson was the first European man to see Mount Aspiring. From the top of Grandview Mountain. In his diary, he wrote: “. At the head of Hawea, dist. about 40 miles, is a very lofty [snowclad] peak which I called Mt Aspiring. 8221; [1,2]. The word between “. Below follow...

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Penny and Jamie: Sandakphu

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011. I just got back from Sandakphu on the Nepali/Indian border. A great couple of days walking there and back, staying overnight on the top of the hill at about 3500 metres. Just photos for now, while I have access to a good computer in Ilam, writing will follow. The mission started from Deurali, a one dog town, just 1km along the road from Mir Pokhari which we had visited earlier in the week. Just 1000 metres climb to this point! I really enjoyed reading your posting on Sandakph...

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Huts and Bivs | Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand

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Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. Click on the map below to select region, or browse in google maps. The following regions are active at present: Aspiring. Huts and Bivs (7). Aspiring Huts and Bivs (7). General mountain literature (7). Peaks and Valleys (26). Aspiring Peaks and Valleys (23). Matukituki Peaks and Valleys (23). Fiordland Peaks and Valleys (3). Milford Sound Peaks and Valleys (3). Mr Surveyor Thomson, by John Hall-Jones. Maori Nomenclature, by W.H.S. Roberts. The Naming of Mount Aspiring.

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Mr Surveyor Thomson, by John Hall-Jones | Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand

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Tramping and Climbing in New Zealand. Mr Surveyor Thomson, by John Hall-Jones. Early Days in Otago and Southland. This is the first proper biography of John Turnbull Thomson. Chief Surveyor of Otago and later first Surveyor-General of New Zealand. As stated in the subtitle, it is also the story of early Otago and Southland, since the two provinces were surveyed and mapped by Thomson. In the days when they were one. Written by Thomson. John Turnbull Thomson. First Surveyor-General of New Zealand”. Surveye...