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Cook, Mount, New Zealand: see Aorangi, Mount Aorangi, Mount , Mount Aoraki [both: Maori,=cloud in the sky], or Mount Cook, 12,254 ft (3,735 m) high, on the South Island, New Zealand, in the Southern Alps; highest peak of New Zealand.
..... Click the link for more information. . Cook, Mount (local name in Maori, Aorangi: “large white cloud”), a peak on South Island, New Zealand. Elevation 3,764 m. The highest peak in the country, Mount Cook is formed of crystalline rocks. Its summit is saddle-shaped and has extremely steep slopes. There are névés and glaciers (the Tasman Glacier is 29 km long). Mount Cook was named in honor of J. Cook. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The keynote speakers were mountaineer Mark Inglis, who lost both legs on Mt Cook in 1982 and who is currently climbing Mt Everest; anaesthetist Rob Whitta and the malignant hyperthermia team at Palmerston North; and anaesthetist Lama Fox from Taranaki who discussed pain and drug techniques for patients. In Ray Mears Extreme Survival (BBC2, 8pm) Ray flies over the summit of Mt Cook to see the snow-hole where two climbers survived for two weeks while blizzards raged. The first keynote speaker was Mark Inglis, a mountaineer who was trapped on Mt Cook for 13 days in 1982 and who susequently had both Legs amputated below the knee because of frostbite. |
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