Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Ruth Adams rescue from La Perouse, 1948 |
Collection |
Ashurst/Langton Collection |
Description |
One of a series of prints taken during the rescue of injured mountaineer Ruth Adams on a stretcher from La Perouse on the west Coast in 1948. This image shows the rescue party on a snow covered slope, appearing to be dragging the stretcher. Labelled on the verso with the number "5". The rescue has been noted as the most arduous in New Zealand's climbing history . Adams, injured near the summit, had to be carried on a stretcher over the summit and through deep gorges through the Cook River valley to reach the West Coast road. She was a member in a climbing party including guides Harry Ayres and Mick Sullivan who was guiding Adams and Edmund Hillary. |
Date |
1948 |
Year Range from |
1948 |
Year Range to |
1948 |
Place |
West Coast Region, N.Z. |
Format |
Print, Photographic |
Medium |
Paper, Photographic |
Processing Method |
Silver gelatin print |
Print Size |
58(h) x 81(w) mm |
Original/Copy |
Original |
People |
Adams, Ruth Ayres, Harry Herbert, 1912-1987 Hillary, Edmund Percival (Sir), 1919-2008 Sullivan, Mick, active 1948-1958 |
Search Terms |
La Perouse (hill), West Coast |
Subjects |
Mountains Snow Climbing Mountaineering Rescues Rescue work |
Catalogue Number |
2019/041.135 |