Freda you Faur
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Emmeline Freda Du Faur (born on 16th September 1882 in Sydney ( Australia ), died on 13. September 1935 ibid) was an Australian, but mainly in New Zealand active mountaineer . She was the first woman to climb the 3724 m high Aoraki / Mount Cook , the highest mountain in New Zealand.
Life
Family & Career
Freda Du Faur was born on September 16, 1882 in Croydon , now part of Sydney. She was the daughter of the patron of exploration and the arts, Frederick Eccleston Du Faur, and his second wife, Blanche Elizabeth Mary, the daughter of Professor John Woolley . She attended the Sydney Church of England Girls Grammar School and spent a lot of time in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park , where she enjoyed climbing. She later began training as a nurse, but broke it off.
After successful years as a mountaineer in New Zealand, she founded a feminist club with her friend Muriel Cadogan and other women , the aim of which was to educate members about their national and civil duties and to increase the influence of women in public and private life. Du Faur followed Cadogan to Bournemouth , England , where she published a book in London in 1915 with the title The Conquest of Mount Cook and Other Climbs . After the death of her close friend in June 1929, she returned to her homeland and lived in seclusion in Dee Why near Sydney. Freda Du Faur died there on September 13, 1935 on her property. The cause of death was self-induced carbon monoxide intoxication . She was buried in the Church of England cemetery in Manly .
Rockclimbing
In 1906 Du Faur visited the mountainous South Island of New Zealand for the first time and took a first look at the Aoraki. She returned here in 1909, after having trained with Muriel Cadogan in Australia, lived in the Hermitage Hotel in Mount Cook Village and apprenticed to Peter Graham . In the same season she managed to climb the minarets and the first traverse of the 3,199 m high Malte Brun . Just one year later, she climbed the Aoraki with Peter Graham and his brother Alec . Not only was she the first woman to climb New Zealand's highest peak, but she and the Graham brothers reached it within about six hours, which was the fastest ascent at the time.
"I gained the summit ... feeling very little, very lonely and much inclined to cry."
"I reached the summit ... felt very small, very lonely and was very inclined to cry."
In the same year she tried her hand at the second highest mountain in the country, the 3497 m high Mount Tasman , but failed in bad weather. In return, she managed the first ascent of the 2966 m high Mount Chudleigh . The next season began with the first ascent of the 2330 m high Du Faur Peak, named after her . This was followed by another summit storm on Mount Tasman on March 24th, which she and the Graham brothers managed this time. One week later, the first ascent of the 3440 m high Mount Dampier followed via the Linda Glacier and the summit success on the 3194 m high Lendenfeld Peak over the Grand Plateau . In her last season in 1913, she managed the traverse of the three peaks of Aoraki and the second ascent of Mount Sefton, 3151 m high .
Especially during the early days of her climbing career, Du Faur had to fight against prejudice and the loss of her reputation because she spent nights on the mountain alone with her mountain guide. In most cases, therefore, an additional companion was insisted on, although in some cases their ability was of secondary importance. Du Faur wore a skirt along with knickerbockers and gaiters on every tour. She wanted to appear feminine and set an example against her critics, even if her clothing turned out to be partially not ideal. Despite such limitations, she proved to be an agile and persistent mountaineer.
influence
Freda Du Faur not only contributed to an increased acceptance of women in mountain sports, but also generated an increased interest in the sport both among women and New Zealanders themselves, who had previously hardly paid attention to their own peaks in relation to mountaineering.
"Women climbers will always have reason to thank Miss Du Faur for this season, for in it she fought the battle for emancipation of her sex in matters mountaineering."
"Female mountaineers will forever be indebted to Freda Du Faur, because in this [first] season she took up the fight for the emancipation of women in mountaineering."
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Newspaper advertisement for the birth. The Sydney Morning Herald , September 18, 1882, accessed June 7, 2021 .
- ↑ a b c d EJ O'Donnell: Du Faur, Emmeline Freda (1882-1935) . In: Australian National University (Ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography . 1981 (English, edu.au ).
- ↑ Newspaper article FEMINISTS - HOW CLUB BEGAN . The Sun Sydney , October 20, 1929, accessed June 7, 2021 .
- ↑ Newspaper article FEMINIST CLUB . The Daily News Perth , December 5, 1914, accessed June 7, 2021 .
- ↑ Obituary. The Sydney Morning Herald , September 20, 1935, accessed June 7, 2021 .
- ↑ a b c d JA Sim: In Memoriam Freda Du Faur . Ed .: New Zealand Alpine Club . tape VI , no. 23 . Dunedin June 1936, p. 388–391 (English, nzaj-archive.nz ).
- ^ Graham Langton: Du Faur, Emmeline Freda . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . 1996 (English, govt.nz ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | You Faur, Freda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | You Faur, Emmeline Freda |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian climber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Croydon (New South Wales) , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1935 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Dee Why , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia |