The Hermitage years of Mannering & Dixon : the beginnings of alpine climbing in New Zealand. by Guy Mannering.

Very good hardback with dust jacket, minor marks, piece has been cut out of title page. Jacket is rubbed and chipped.

Publisher: GM Publications, Geraldine, NZ, 2000.

George Edward Mannering (GEM) and Marmaduke John Dixon (MJD) were pioneers of mountaineering in New Zealand, being associated with the Hermitage, near Mount Cook, from the mid-1880s. Using the papers, letters, diaries, and records of these climbers Guy Mannering (a grandson of GEM) has provided an illuminating flashback on early mountaineering in the Southern Alps. The pair and their associates climbed, traversed and explored many alpine areas, including first ascents of a number of a number of peaks. The direct quotations, using the idiom of the time, brings a realism and ambience to the accounts selected by Guy Mannering. Many of the famous names from early mountaineering crop up in this remarkable record. The book (a quality production) is also notable for the excellent selection of illustrations, all reproduced in sepia tones. These include art reproductions from contemporary artists as well as photographs of peaks, glaciers, valleys , climbing parties and equipment complementing graphic descriptions of climbing, how it used to be done. Mannering, George Edward, 1862-1947 --Correspondence Dixon, Marmaduke John, d. 1918 --Correspondence Mountaineering --New Zealand --Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park --History. Mountaineers --New Zealand --South Island --Correspondence Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park (N.Z.) 210 pages, illustrated throughout with photos, art, document reproductions, some drawings and four maps, pictorial e/papers. Brown hard covers with gilt spine titles.

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