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Copland Pass - Graeme Champness 1968

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People DepictedGrahame R Champness Last edited by: Robin Mossman

Date1968

SubjectMountaineering Last edited by: Murray Reedy

DescriptionGraeme Champness on Copland Pass Aoraki Mount Cook National Park. In the 1960s rangers and mountaineers employed by the Mt Cook National Board guided travelers across the Copland Pass. In this photograph Graeme Champness is returning to Mt Cook after guiding a client over the Copland Pass. The usual practice was to leave Mt Cook at 3am, sometimes packing a 4-gallon tin of kerosene as far as Hooker Hut from where the clients would be guided up the Copland ridge and icefield to the Pass.
In good conditions such as shown here it was usual for the guide to 'see' the clients down the West Coast side as far as 'Luncheon Rock' where the marked trail began before returning to Mt Cook. It wasn't unusual for National Park guides to make solo crossings of the Pass under good conditions Last edited by: Murray Reedy

PhotographerMurray Reedy Last edited by: Murray Reedy

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PlaceCopland Valley and Pass Last edited by: Robin Mossman

NZ National ParkAoraki Mount Cook National Park Last edited by: Murray Reedy

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