The Conquest of the New Zealand Alps

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Published by Fisher Unwin, London, 1922, 1st UK Edition, No D/w, Insc, slight foxing edges, Nr. Fine.    Samuel Turner (1869-1929) was a keen British mountaineer who settled in New Zealand in 1911 at the age of 42 and over the subsequent 18 years climbed, explored and achieved a number of notable ascents.  He mainly climbed with the leading guides of the day, including Peter Graham, Frank Milne and Conrad Kain.  He made the first ascents of Mount Hooker, Mount Hopkins, Mount McKerrow, and Mount Tutoko (the latter with Graham in 1924 on Turner’s fourth attempt, his third failing just 200 metres below the summit). He also made the first complete solo ascent of Mount Cook, though was a controversial figure who was given to some exaggeration in his publications, which also include his earlier works My Climbing Adventures in Four Continents and Siberia: A Record of Travel, Climbing and Exploration.  Well illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs.