The conquest of Mount Cook and other climbs : an account of four seasons’ mountaineering on the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Contents

• • [covers]
  • Errata
  • The Conquest of — Mount Cook
  • [title page]
  • [imprint]
  • [dedication]
  • Preface p. vii
  • Contents p. ix
  • Illustrations p. xiii
  • [frontispiece]
• • Chapter I — A Rèsumè of Mountaineering — in the Mount Cook District, between — 1862 And 1909 p. 17
  • Chapter II — Reasons for Taking up Mountaineering p. 25
  • Chapter III — The Hermitage Again p. 31
  • Chapter IV — Mount Sealy and the Nun's Veil p. 38
  • Chapter V — The Mount Malte Brun and the Minarets p. 47
  • Chapter VI — Mount Cook p. 63
  • Chapter VII — Westland p. 73
  • Chapter VIII — Getting into Training p. 87
  • Chapter IX — The Ascent of Mount Cook p. 99
  • Chapter X — The Ascent of Mount De La Bèche p. 112
  • Chapter XI — A Great Ice Peak p. 121
  • Chapter XII — Three Ascents p. 133
  • Chapter XIII — Two Virgin Peaks p. 148
  • Chapter XIV — A Difficult Climb p. 158
  • Chapter XV — The Ascent of Mount Tasman p. 168
  • Chapter XVI — Mount Dampier and Mount Lendenfeld p. 176
  • Chapter XVII — On the Mount Cook Range p. 191
  • Chapter XVIII — The First Complete Traverse of Mount Cook p. 196
  • Chapter XIX — The Hermitage Flood p. 209
  • Chapter XX — A Trial Climb p. 216
  • Chapter XXI — The First Traverse of Mount Sefton p. 224
  • Chapter XXII — Good-Bye to New Zealand p. 238
• • Index p. 247
  • [colophon]

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