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Mauka Atua

Type
Altitude
2557m
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The highest point of the Ben Ohau Range was believed (incorrectly), to be still unclimbed as recently as 1968, when it was climbed from Whale Stream via a lengthy scramble across the ridge tops and western slopes. While a first ascent of Pt 2466m was made along the way, the first ascent of Mauka Atua seems likely to have been made by Norman Hardie in 1948. “I now see that I should have recorded in 1948–49 all that I did as an engineer at Pūkaki. At various stages I had working for me W McFarlane, A Cookson, E Hillary, and others who were not really climbers. With MOW vehicles and able to watch the weather, I traversed most of the Ben Ohau Range from Dun Fiunary to Dark Peak in 1948.” – Norman Hardie, 1992

Lat/lon
POINT (170.02411366 -43.87896521)
Topo50
BY15 609 373
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Routes

Reference Title Grade Length Pro Quality Operations
South Ridge 2,II
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East Face 2,II
0
North Ridge 2,II
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