Half way down the South Island in the Southern Alps is Mt. Cook National
Park. The sun shined brightly for us, an unexpected pleasure. Mt.
Cook was Sir Edmund Hillary's training grounds. And the NZ Mountaineering
Club began in 1894, the same year as the Mazama's in Portland! Katie Foehl
flew from Portland to be with Sue on the Milford/Rootburn Treks in March.
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Mt. Cook, highest mountain in New Zealand, is on the South Island.
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Our 1999 Nissan Liberty van took us all over New Zealand.
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George and Sue bask in the sunshine at the Mt. Cook National Park visitor center.
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George admires Sue and Katie's enthusiasm for the mountains.
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Sue has great weather to admire Mt. Cook.
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Mt. Cook's summit looks world class, and is not climbed by many.
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Katie crosses on one of the many suspension bridges.
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The Tasman Glacier moraine yields to the glacier runoff.
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George reads his book '1491' by Mann in the van while Sue hikes with Katie.
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