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Mount Cook - Footsteps to the Sky Television (Full Length) – 1994 Documentary

Mount Cook - Footsteps to the Sky

Television (Full Length) – 1994 Documentary

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Part one of four from this full length documentary.

Part two of four from this full length documentary.

Part three of four from this full length documentary.

Part four of four from this full length documentary.

The credits for this documentary.

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Climbing on things like the South Ridge [of Mt Cook] certainly gave me the experience and confidence, I think, which ultimately probably got me to the top of Mt Everest.
– Sir Edmund Hillary

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Natural History New Zealand

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Natural History New Zealand

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Made with funding from NZ On Air

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