Aoraki / Mount Cook
Glacier-flanked alpine summit, highest in the land, reshaped by a vast rock avalanche.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Aoraki / Mount Cook, the great peak within reach of Queenstown, turns on a calm December night in nineteen ninety-one, when climbers asleep in a high mountain hut heard a rumble in the dark. It follows the scientists who came back two decades later with satellite receivers and a question about how tall New Zealand's highest mountain really is. You'll also hear why the survey team stopped short of the very top. Best heard with the summit ridge in clear view.
This audio guide was created using AI.
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