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boots, mountaineering

human history
  • Description

    Mountaineering boots worn by Mike Gill, 1961, copy of the model that Sir Edmund Hillary used on Mt Everest in 1953

  • Accession Number
    2014.7.95
  • Accession Date
    19 Feb 2014
  • Department
boots, mountaineering

Images and documents

Images

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2014.7.95
    Gift of Peter and Sarah Hillary
  • Collection
  • Measurement Reading

    310mm (approximate length of sole)

    135mm (approximate width across top of foot)

    250mm (approximate)

    1900mm (approximate)

    310mm (approximate length of sole)

    135mm (approximate width across top of foot)

    260mm (approximate)

    1900mm (approximate)

  • Classification
  • Last Update
    15 May 2023
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