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North-east face of Mt Aspiring

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North-east face of Mt Aspiring

Lindsay Bell leads on the first successful ascent of a rock face of Mt Aspiring in August 1979. The rock was icy, but as it was schist it provided better holds than the greywacke in much of the Southern Alps.

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John Wilson, Mountaineering – Climbing faces, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/10508/north-east-face-of-mt-aspiring (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by John Wilson, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.