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Buy - Mountains to Climb
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Purchase your very own copy of Mountains to Climb, the CMC's centenary year book documenting 100 years of the club as well as wider climbing history.
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More About the Book - Mountains to Climb
The centenary publication of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club, 1925-2025
Edited by John Wilson, Published by The Canterbury Mountaineering Club in
2025.
Beyond a regional climbing history, Mountains to Climb describes how the
‘CMC’ has provided a century of leadership, companionship and support for
mountaineering and allied recreation and alpine services in New Zealand.
Core chapters trace climbing through eight eras, from Post World-War 1
tramping through transalpine explorations, and ‘imponderable’ face climbs
faces, to the diversity of present-day climbing.
After introducing the Club’s colourful back-story, theme chapters delve into
remote huts, alpine instruction, search and rescue, mountain radio services,
and more.
Final chapters offer future insights: of impacts of glacial retreat on alpine
access; and how clubs may shape and support future alpine endeavours.
The book is illustrated with over 400 black and white and colour illustrations, from past
and present.
368 pages, hardback.
