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Freda du Faur- 100 years- ascent of Aoraki 19-Jul-2010 At 3:07:30 PM vwills

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From the NZAC:

Freda du Faur Mountain Skills for Women Course

December 3rd, 2010 marks the centenary of Freda du Faur’s ascent of Aoraki/ Mt Cook- the first ever by a woman.

To celebrate the New Zealand Alpine Club is hosting a six day alpine instruction course for women at Aoraki Mt Cook.

The course is designed for women who have good basic mountaineering skills and a good level of fitness, and would like to move towards becoming self sufficient alpinists in glaciated mountain terrain.

The dates are: November 28th – December 3rd 2010.

The cost of the course will be NZ$950

•This will include six days instruction and a helicopter flight.
•The instructors will be qualified female NZMGA guides.

**There is also the capacity for women who took part in last year’s High Alpine Skills Course to use this course to further develop their skills.

If you want to know more go to: http://alpineclub.org.nz/default/24 or email pat@alpineclub.org.nz

Climbing women photos

As part of the upcoming centenary celebration of Freda du Faur’s historic climb of Aoraki Mt Cook, Carla Braun-Elwert is putting together a collection of images of women climbing. These will be displayed on a big screen at the celebrations at Mt Cook on December 4th.

If you would like to contribute an image/images towards this collection, please email: fredaphotos@gmail.com

Images need to be of mountaineering or rock climbing, and must feature women. Historic photos of women climbing will also be very welcome.