Story: Mountaineering

Page 12 – External links and sources

More links and websites

  • Canterbury Mountaineering Club

    This site includes a short history, and information on the club's huts in the Southern Alps.

  • Hillary returns

    This 1953 newsreel on the NZ On Screen website shows Sir Edmund Hillary on his return from climbing Everest.

  • New Zealand Alpine Club

    The website of the major mountaineering club has information about climbing, huts and club activities.

  • No mean feat

    A 2002 documentary, on the NZ On Screen website, follows Mark Inglis as he attempts to climb Aoraki/Mt Cook on prosthetic legs.

  • Otago Tramping and Mountaineering Club

    The Otago club’s website includes a full history of the club’s activities.

More suggestions and sources

    • Hillary, Edmund. High adventure. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1955.

    • Logan, Hugh. Classic peaks of New Zealand. Nelson: Craig Potton, 2002.

    • Mannering, Guy. The Hermitage years of Mannering and Dixon. Geraldine: GM Publications, 2000.

    • Palman, Alex. Aoraki Mt Cook: a guide to mountaineering in the Aoraki/Mt Cook region including the Westland Glaciers and Godley Valley. Christchurch: New Zealand Alpine Club, 2001.

    • Pascoe, John. Great days in New Zealand mountaineering. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1958.

    • Wilson, Jim. Aorangi: the story of Mount Cook. Christchurch: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1968.


How to cite this page:

John Wilson. 'Mountaineering', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 9-Nov-12
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/mountaineering/sources