Chapter I
INTRODUCTORY |
| PAGE |
| The New Zealand Alps and their glaciers | 1 |
Chapter II
THE ROUTE TO THE MOUNT COOK DISTRICT |
| A short description of the route to the Mount Cook district, and of the topographical features of the Mueller, Hooker, and Tasman Valleys | 5 |
Chapter III
FIRST ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI |
| First impressions—Swagging—The Hochstetter Glacier—Defeat—The perils of river crossing | 14 |
Chapter IV
SECOND ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI |
| A flooded camp in the Tasman Valley—Hard struggles—We reach Green’s bivouac | 32 |
Chapter V
THIRD ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI |
| Photography on the Tasman Glacier—Attempt to scale Mount De la BÊche | 42 |
Chapter VI
ASCENT OF THE HOCHSTETTER DOME |
| Camp under De la BÊche—Twelve hours on snow and ice—The pangs of hunger | 58 |
Chapter VII
FOURTH ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI |
| We reach the Great Plateau at last—Defeat again—The crossing of the Ball Pass | 65 |
Chapter VIII
FIRST EXPLORATION OF THE MURCHISON GLACIER |
| Hard swagging—Erroneous maps—The struggle for Starvation Saddle—Exhaustion and hunger—Return | 76 |
Chapter IX
FIFTH ATTEMPT TO CLIMB AORANGI |
| Avalanches—The bivouac again—First attempt repulsed—Second attempt—The Great Plateau—The Linda Glacier—Hard work step-cutting—The terrible couloirs—Victory at last—Descent by lantern-light—Back to civilisation | 90 |
Chapter X
ON SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF GLACIERS |
| The cause of glaciers—Formation and structure—Motion—Moraines: Lateral, medial, and terminal—‘Surface’ moraines—Crevasses—Moulins—Glacier tables—Glacier cones—Surface torrents—Avalanches—Cornices | 109 |
Chapter XI
CANOEING ON THE NEW ZEALAND RIVERS |
| The Waimakariri—The enormous rainfall—Descent of the Waitaki River—The Tasman branch—Lake Pukaki—Leaky canoes—The Pukaki Rapids—The Waitaki Gorge—Out on the plains again—Sixty miles paddle to catch the train—Home once more | 119 |
| L’Envoi | 131 |
| Appendix | 133 |
| A Short Glossary of Technical Alpine Terms | 139 |
