Kate Gardiner
Kate Gardiner (21 September 1885–29 January 1974) was a New Zealand mountaineer. She was born in
Wavertree,
Liverpool,
Lancashire,
England on 21 September 1885. She was the daughter of Frederick Gardiner who made the first ascent of
Mount Elbrus.
In 1930 she made
first ascents with her guide Walter Feuz in the
Canadian Rockies of
Mount Lyautey,
Mount Sarrail,
Mount Foch,
Mount Bogart,
Warrior Mountain, and
Mount Galatea. Other notable first ascents include
Mount Prince Henry (1919),
Mount Alcantara (1929),
Foster Peak (1933), and
White Pyramid (1939). She would eventually complete 33 first ascents in the Canadian Rockies.
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