They inhaled gas and scaled Everest in days. Is it the future of mountaineering?
A group of British men went from London to the summit of Everest and back in less than a week with the help of xenon gas. Mountaineers and the Nepalese government weren't pleased.
Climbing Mt Everest typically takes weeks, with most of that time spent at the foot of the
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Tenzing Norgay Movie To Be Filmed At Aoraki/Mount Cook
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Scoop
2 days ago
- Scoop
Tenzing Norgay Movie To Be Filmed At Aoraki/Mount Cook
Alpine landscapes within the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park will serve as the backdrop for a new biopic about Sherpa Tenzing Norgay's 1953 epic climb to the summit of Mount Everest alongside Sir Edmund Hillary. The Department of Conservation (DOC) has approved filming on Malte Brun Pass near the Tasman Glacier and near the Hochstetter Icefall on the eastern side of Aoraki/Mount Cook, which will 'double' as Everest base camp and the famous Hillary Step on the world's highest peak. 'These sites have been used for filming Everest-related documentaries and films before,' says DOC Ranger Ray Bellringer. 'All filming activities are subject to strict environmental conditions to ensure the protection of the natural landscape. DOC staff will be onsite daily to monitor compliance. This is an incredibly special place and it's our role to protect it,' he says. Bellringer also noted the long-standing relationship between New Zealand and Nepal through the Himalayan Trust, and the involvement of Nepalese students in conservation and education programs, including through Lincoln University's Parks and Recreation degree. Since 1953 around 70 Nepalese including many from the Sherpa community have come to Lincoln for study in nature-based tourism and community conservation. 'Sir Edmund Hillary dedicated much of his life after 1953 to supporting Nepalese communities,' Bellringer added. 'It is fitting that this project recognises the life and contributions of Tenzing Norgay, and we are proud to provide a setting that supports this storytelling. It's an iconic setting for an incredible story.' Filming in New Zealand is scheduled to begin next month. The production, which has already completed scenes in Kathmandu, Nepal, will feature Tom Hiddleston as Sir Edmund Hillary, Genden Phuntsok as Tenzing Norgay, and Willem Dafoe as English expedition leader John Hunt. The production is expected to bring a significant economic boost to the local area with a large production crew and cast staying in the village and surrounding area. Set construction and logistical preparations are currently underway. DOC staff will continue to work closely with the production team to ensure minimal environmental impact. Ray Bellringer says he happy Tenzing Norgay's story is getting recognition. 'We're pleased to support this movie project and help showcase it to the world. For Aoraki and the staff here to play a small part in helping to make that happen is special,' he says.
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The vice-regal party inspects the under-construction New Zealand and South Seas exhibition buildings on Logan Park, Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 16.6.1925 Autumn travel worthwhile The first public engagement of the day yesterday for the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, was a visit to the Exhibition Buildings. The Governor-General and all the members of his party, including the Lady Alice Fergusson and Miss Fergusson, were met and welcomed by the chairman of directors (Mr J. Sutherland Ross) and most of the other directors. The party which inspected the huge buildings included all the chief officials of the Exhibition and many lady relatives and friends of directors and officials. Sir Charles was escorted by Mr Ross, who led the way through the Canadian and Australian building, the motor building, the Government court, the secondary industries court, the festival hall, the fernery and art gallery, the pavilion of provincial courts, the machinery hall, and, finally, the British court. Members of the Vice-regal party were evidently much interested and impressed with what they saw. Mr W. O'Connell (officer in charge of the local Tourist Office) has returned from a three weeks' tour of several of the South Island holidays resorts. Speaking yesterday to a Daily Times reporter, Mr O'Connell said there seemed to be a general impression that the month of May was too late for visiting the tourist resorts of the South Island, but during his tour to Queenstown, Pembroke, Mount Cook, Franz Josef Glacier, Buller Gorge and East Coast he experienced only two wet days. Moreover, the travelling, especially by motor car, was more pleasant during the mild May weather than in the hot summer. "What seems to strike one more particularly on this trip," said Mr O'Connell, "is the remarkable variety in the scenery and the special attractions that each resort offers. On the journey through the orchard country of Central Otago at this time of the year the autumn tints are very beautiful, especially round about Roxburgh and Clyde. The journey over the Crown Range to Pembroke is very interesting, and there is a fine view of Queenstown and the surrounding country to be seen from the top of the range. Pembroke," he continued, "is a resort which has become very popular during the last few years, and it is bound to become more so." Radical land policy The land policy of the Labour Party is directed to the destruction of all rights of private ownership in land. It is directed also to the abrogation of the law of inheritance. That this should be so is entirely consistent with the objective of the party, which is the socialisation of the means of production, distribution, and exchange. It would be absurd to say that the land should be "socialised" and, at the same time, to recognise the right of any individual to own land. The Labour Party is, therefore, proposing something that is in complete harmony with its objective when it includes in its policy a provision that "privately-owned land shall not be sold or transferred except to the State." All land, according to the Labour Party, must belong to the State. Consequently, its policy provides that whenever a man wishes to realise his land there can be no purchaser other than the State. The policy is a coherent one, directed to the one aim of making the community the sole owner of all land. — editorial — ODT, 11.6.1925 Compiled by Peter Dowden
