First Woman to Climb Aoraki

Date: December 3, 1910 • Location: Mackenzie District, New Zealand

Freda Du Faur became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.

Emmeline Freda Du Faur was an Australian mountaineer, credited as the first woman to climb New Zealand's tallest mountain, Aoraki / Mount Cook. Du Faur was a leading amateur climber of her day. She was the first female high mountaineer known to be active in New Zealand, although she never lived there.