Freda du Faur of Austrailia becomes the first woman to scale Aoraki/Mount Cook in New Zealand.
Emmeline Freda Du Faur was an Australian mountaineer, the first woman to climb New Zealand’s tallest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Du Faur was a leading amateur climber of her day.
- “Trailblazing women of the Southern Alps you don’t get much better than Freda du Faur” | Franz Josef Glacier Guides: https://www.franzjosefglacier.com/social/blog/trailblazing-women-of-the-southern-alps-you-dont-get-much-better-than-freda-du-faur/
- Emmeline Freda Du Faur | Australian Dictionary of Biography: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/du-faur-emmeline-freda-6025
- “Between heaven and earth: The life of a mountaineer, Freda due Faur 1882-1935” by Sally Irwin | Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Between-heaven-earth-mountaineer-1882-1935/dp/0957818300
- “The Story of Pioneering Mountain Climber Emmeline Freda Du Faur” | LOTL: http://www.lotl.com/Culture/The-Story-Of-Pioneering-Mountain-Climber-Emmeline-Freda-Du-Faur-1159/index.php?fb_comment_id=1056109394461461_1058490897556644
Link to Photo Credit: Freda du Faur
