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Off the Beaten Track Television (Full Length) – 1973 Documentary

Off the Beaten Track

Television (Full Length) – 1973 Documentary

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Part one of three from this full length programme.

Part two of three from this full length programme.

Part three of three from this full length programme.

Sir Ed Hillary, then in his early 50s, acts as tour guide to remote New Zealand. In the far north he receives a tokotoko (walking stick) and admires the Aupōuri people’s connection with the land. He goes bush and dives for scallops off Stewart Island and fishes on a Hollyford sandspit. In the Alps he tackles a 1971 grand traverse of Mount Cook with Harry Ayres and other mates. Not bad for a self-described "middle-aged family man who has tried to keep himself reasonably fit". Sir Ed narrates, and his down-to-earth passion for adventure makes this an inspiring travelogue.

Key Cast & Crew

Mike Gill

Camera

Edmund Hillary

Subject

Ian Cross

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And then we were on the ridge itself: a glorious aerial highway a mile long — sharp, corniced, icy — always demanding the greatest care.
– Sir Ed negotiates a ridge on a Grand Traverse of Aoraki-Mt Cook

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NZ Broadcasting Corporation

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Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision - TVNZ Collection