Early equipment
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Early equipment
Guy Mannering and Marmaduke Dixon climbing on the Onslow Glacier in the 1890s, using ice axes and ropes but no other equipment. Without crampons, these early climbers had to cut steps to make their way up icy slopes.
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Alexander Turnbull Library , Burton Brothers Collection
Reference: 1/2-047541; F
Photograph by Burton Brothers
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.
