Copeland Pass - January 1979
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without permission. Some photographs taken by Gordon Thompson.
Above - Gordon on the left with three NZ girls we met at the campground
Above - We climbed a low peak near the hotel to give this view of the
Tasman Glacier
Above - Looking up the Hooker Glacier to Mt Cook
Above - Mt Cook from the campground
Above - Mt Cook from the Hooker Valley
Above - Hogsback on Mt Cook - the signal of bad weather approaching
Above - Not long after, Mt Cook.
Above - Mt Cook
Above - near Copeland Pass - the emergency shelter (we spent the night
inside it)
Above - Looking up to the pass
Above - View of Mt Cook
Above - View from the top of the pass
Above - View from the top of the pass
Above - Gordon walking back down to the shelter
Above - Dave on the way down to the shelter
Above - Mt Cook
Above - Mt Cook
Above - Mt Cook
Above - sunrise
Above - Bad weather is coming!
Above - View from the top of the pass
Above - Dave walking down the far side of the pass
Above - Gordon on the track down the Copeland River
Above - We stop in this hut for lunch - Dave and Gordon on the right
Above - Gordon on a swing bridge
Above - Looking up the valley
Above - Enjoying the thermal pools at Welcome Flat
Above - Gordon on the left and some other trampers enjoying a beer at
the Fox Pub.
We later caught a bus to Hokatika and then went on the Three Passes Walk
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