Story: Mountaineering
This equipment used by New Zealand amateur mountaineers of the 1930s included an ice axe, boots, crampons, snow goggles, fuel container and rope. All were important in the snow, but the crampons were crucial in freeing climbers from depending on guides who cut steps.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)
Reference: MNZ-1457-1/4-F
Photograph by John Dobrée Pascoe
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
