Sealy Tarns

Mount Cook - Day 24 & 25

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March 31st 2007
This is the kind of scenery that belongs on those one word office posters that say "inspiration" or "perseverance". It's that good! Joking aside our jaws were dragging the entire time we were here. Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to climb Everest, first began exploring his passion for mountain climbing here at Mt. Cook. There is a commerative statue of this most famous Kiwi (he's on the five do ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more