"For six years I have been studying the New Zealand Alpine Journals, and one by one I have seen my chosen virgin peaks falling to this or that enterprising party. But the head of the Mahitahi Valley was, Frank Alack assured me, still uncontaminated by the foot of any climber."
Marie's account of her expedition to the Mahitahi Valley and Zora Glacier, and the naming of Crystal Peak. Read as an accompaniment to Martin Unwin's scholarly account of Marie's exploration achievements.
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