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By 1939 climbers such as these on Canterbury’s Mt Rolleston were using crampons and pitons to climb an ice slope which slants outwards.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Making New Zealand Centennial Collection (PAColl-3060)
Reference: 1/4-001304; F
Photograph by S. G. Conway

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.

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John Wilson. 'Mountaineering', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 20-Oct-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/mountaineering/6/5