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APPENDIX B. List of High Ascents from the Hermitage, Season 1938-39.

The season has been particularly poor owing to the very adverse weather experienced, but it has been notable for the three excellent climbs of Mount Tasman, La Perouse, and Mount Cook by Miss C. Irving, of Albury.

List of High Ascents at Franz Josef Glacier, Season 1938-39.

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Date. Party and Guide. Name of Peak. Height. Route and Remarks. Ft. Feb. 1 Messrs. C. L. Mahan and A. Mount Cook .. 12,349 Jackson Feb. 5 Messrs. E. Rhodius and Mount Cook .. 12,349 Sehmitt-Ehrenberg, with Guides Bowie and Cook Feb. 25 Miss C. Irving, with Guides Mount Tasman .. 11,475 Bowie and Brooks Mar. 1 Miss C. Irving, with Guides La Perouse .. 10,101 Bowie and Brooks Mar. 4 Miss C. Irving, with Guides Mount Cook .. 12,349 Bowie and Brooks

Date. Party and Guide. Name of Peak. Height. Route and Remarks. 1938. Ft. A Paul; Guides G. McElroy Mount Drummond 8,200 Ascent from Aimer Hut by Aimer Glaoier and P. G. Graham and Newton Rocks. Descent same Way. Deo. 29 C. H. Turner, A. Lees, A. MountLendenfeldt 10,450 Ascent from Pioneer Bivouac on Pioneer Anderson Ridge to Marcel Col., and thence by northeast ridge. Descent same way. Dec. 29 P. Gillett, S. Conway, H. Mount Lendenfeldt 10,450 Same route. McDowoll, and T. Newth 1939. Jan. 3 F. Gillett, S. Conway, H. Mount Haidinger 10,059 Ascent from Pioneer Bivouac on Pioneer McDowell, and T. Newth Ridge and thonce by south-west ridge to summit. Descent same way. Feb. 3 C. Pearson, B. Hughes, P. /Mount Bismark 8,445 / Traverse from Pioneer Hut on Fox Glacier, p . s -< Mount Roon 7,275 < traversing all three peaks to Defiance ±Tms LMount Moltke .. 6,509 I Hut. [From Aimer Hut to Graham's Saddle to Feb. 5 A. Anderson, A. Wilkinson .. Both peaks off 10,022 J col south of Do La Beche and round east Minarets \ 10,058 ) face and up south snow slope to top. Descent same way. Feb. 7 M.Smith .. .. .. Mount Moltke .. 6,509* \ . . , , , - ,, r > „ „ , Feb. 7 Wm. Fraser .. .. Mount Roon .. 7;2 75t/ Ascent and descent from the Defiance Hut " * Traverse. f Ascent.