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Mount Earnslaw

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Reverend W.S. Green had come to New Zealand to try to climb Mount Cook. In March 1882, with guides Emil Boss and Ulrich Kaufmann, he attempted Earnslaw, but transport and weather problems forced them to turn back after climbing 5,000 feet (1,500 metres).
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The 10 m lower, but much more challenging West Peak, 2.5 km to the west-south-west and separated by a 200 m deep pass, was climbed in 1914 by H.F. Wright and J. Robertson.
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climbed the eastern peak of Earnslaw in 1890. He left a bent shilling in an Irish Moss bottle within a stone cairn, to prove he had reached the top.
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Mount Earnslaw and various other sites in its vicinity feature in the live-action film version of
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After several attempts over a period of years, Glenorchy guide
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Elevation
Prominence
Isolation
Listing
New Zealand #15
Coordinates
44°37′S 168°23′E / 44.617°S 168.383°E / -44.617; 168.383
Māori
Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi is located in New Zealand
Otago Region
New Zealand
Parent range
Forbes Range
Southern Alps
First ascent
South Island
New Zealand
Eccles
Berwickshire
John Turnbull Thomson
Mount Aspiring National Park
Forbes Range
Southern Alps
Glenorchy
Lake Wakatipu
The Lord of the Rings

John Turnbull Thomson
Harry Birley

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