75 Years On Cockayne. Mount Cheeseman Ski Club

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Willsonscott Publishing
Publisher Place: Christchurch
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: ublishers Description: Tales of the adventures, drama and revelry these pioneering enthusiasts experienced as they overcame many obstacles to enjoy a few hours of skiing, ice-skating and tobogganing on the slopes of Mount Cockayne. As well as producing skiers of international calibre, the Club discovered members with outstanding qualities of determination, enterprise and a capacity for having fun. How to extract a determined kea from its occupation of the ladies' long drop; how to extract husbands and fathers from the Sheffield Hotel; how to extract a bulldozer off the side of the road with ten disabled helpers, were some examples of situations which called for novel resourcefulness. The book draws on personal recollections from members past and present and is illustrated with more than 200 photographs. These include many stunning images from early black and white glass plates and later colour photos, which depict the people, events and developments that have been part of the Club's continuing story.

Publishers Description: Tales of the adventures, drama and revelry these pioneering enthusiasts experienced as they overcame many obstacles to enjoy a few hours of skiing, ice-skating and tobogganing on the slopes of Mount Cockayne. As well as producing skiers of international calibre, the Club discovered members with outstanding qualities of determination, enterprise and a capacity for having fun. How to extract a determined kea from its occupation of the ladies' long drop; how to extract husbands and fathers from the Sheffield Hotel; how to extract a bulldozer off the side of the road with ten disabled helpers, were some examples of situations which called for novel resourcefulness. The book draws on personal recollections from members past and present and is illustrated with more than 200 photographs. These include many stunning images from early black and white glass plates and later colour photos, which depict the people, events and developments that have been part of the Club's continuing story.

ISBN: 9780958253550