Just where do you think you have been? (by Paul Powell)

• 1970 edition. 211 pages
• Publisher. Reed
• Hardcover. D/j. Photos. Index
• Condition. Good. A little shelf  wear.

Paul Powell was the leader of a four-man climbing party marooned by impossible weather for nine days in a snow-cave near Mt Aspiring. On the last day they were dramatically flown to Wanaka by Don Middleton of Mount Cook Airlines.

When he returned to his family at Albert Town, chastened but feeling a little heroic one of the welcoming wives asked, "Just where do you think you've been?"

The author recounts over twenty years of his experiences in the bush and mountains of New Zealand. Tararua, Rakaia, Arthur's Pass, Remarkables, Milford Sound, Mt Aspiring. His prose is thoughtful and insightful: beautifully written..

This is a book for reading, re-reading and reading again.