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From Standing Room Only 6 September 2015

The first woman to climb Mount Cook to be immortalised on film

Freda Du Faur.

Mount Cook from the Red Lake on Mount Sebastopol. Image: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NZ)

Rocks of Mount Nazomi. Image: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NZ)

Mount Cook Mount Tasman Mount De la Bêche — The Tasman Glacier from the Matle Brun Hut. Image: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NZ)

North-West Rocks of Mount Cook From Mount Dampier. Image: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NZ)

Mount Tasman Arète. — X was the point reached on the first attempt. Final ascent was made on the right of the arête. Image: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NZ)

Looking Down La Perouse Glacier. Image: New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. (CC BY-SA 3.0 NZ)

The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.

Illustrations from the 1915 publication by George Allen and Unwin Limited sourced from the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.

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