Orienteer pens book on Kosciuszko

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Last Updated: Monday, 30 August 2021 14:57

Garingal member and rogainer John Anderson - better known as the man who likes to visit every control in the Sydney Summer Series - has been busy researching, writing and self-publishing a book.

Just out is James Macarthur - The Untold Story of Naming of Kosciuszko, containing more than 170 images and maps.

John has been on the case for 12 years and must be one of only a handful of people who have climbed the Hannels Spur Track, the same route used by Polish explorer Pawel Strzelecki in 1840, three times.

It's Australia's biggest vertical ascent, leads up onto the main range and was the original route up Mt K. Macarthur, a grazier looking for new pasture on the Upper Murray was a key player and supporter.

Historian Klaus Hueneke commented: "This book is an expression of love in many of its forms - the love between John and his wife Kath who was with him for every step, a love of books, history and learning, a heartfelt love of the Australian bush especially the rare and dramatic high country; a love for those often neglected in big picture histories, and a love for contributing another volume to the bigger picture - the one that’s called our cultural heritage and history. It is much more than the journey to, or the naming of Kosciuszko."

The book can be purchased via Bush Explorers. Well done, John!