Mount Earnslaw East Peak, Mt Aspiring National Park After Mount Aspiring, Mount Earnslaw’s East Peak (2830m) is the second highest summit in Mt Aspiring National Park. The Maori name for Earnslaw is Pikirakatahi. Though the origins of the name are lost it’s thought that during the mountain’s creation a wedge of pounamu was inserted into […]
About the author
Peter Laurenson
Peter is a tramper, occasional climber, photographer, editor and writer. His adventures, spanning 30+ years, come together on his website ‘OccasionalClimber’. Richmond-based, Peter is editor of FMC’s Backcountry and has published three books: Occasional Climber (2013) and Khumbu (2021) and Aotearoa Light (2025).
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