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Kōrero: Mountaineering

New Zealand Andean expedition, 1968

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New Zealand Andean expedition, 1968

From the 1960s New Zealand climbers regularly attempted higher peaks overseas. David Adcock, the leader of the New Zealand Andean expedition, poses 6,634 metres up on top of Mt Yerupaja, the second highest mountain in Peru. All eight members of the party reached the summit.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/1968/3789

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, Mountaineering – New Zealand climbers overseas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10517/new-zealand-andean-expedition-1968 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 February 2017.