Mountaineer extraordinaire

December 2023

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December 2023

Freda du Faur with Alec and Peter Graham. Photo: JD Pascoe Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library
The story of the great Australian mountaineer Freda du Faur, the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mt Cook. By Harry Broad They climbed to the summits of New Zealand mountains dressed in jackets, ties and knickerbockers. And with no crampons. During an intense three years from 1910–13, Freda du Faur with Peter and Alexander […]

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