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Memorials / Plaques 10-Nov-2006 At 4:26:19 PM lacto

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the plaque at sugarloaf was for the three johns i believe and there was also a hut in nz at the back of cook village named for them (blown away in late 70s early 80 with the loss of several people) The cleve cole hut and derrick refuge hut were both memorials to people which dont attract criticism . Mumc hut on feathertop has been critcised for its visibilty but not for being there . A statue was erected on the ridge near feathertop summit but was blown up by somebody who didnt want it there the remanents are still there today and along the ridge there is a plaque to a railways horse small and hard to find though i have seen photographs of it . Trouble is memorials like the mumc hut are difficult to accessfor most people . i helped a 70 ish man over the razorback when a memorial plaque was placed there for his son really thought it would be the end of him but he survived . unfortunately this hut isthe memorial to several of my friends who i climbed and walked with and i think is a very appropriate memorial to those people