In the descend of 1959,the LIFE editors sent staff photographer George Silk back to his homeland of modern Zealand. He brought back a spectacular set of color and black and white photos which were published in the March 21, 1960 issue. This image ran with the following extended caption: “modern Zealand’s "Fujiyama.” Mount Egmont rises in symmetrical majesty above a bank of low-lying clouds and North Island’s rolling Taranski district pastures, or some of the most fruitful farmland on soil. Once these lands were densely covered with rain forests which the settlers cleared by felling and burning. After the lands were cleared,the modern Zealanders brought in poplars and pines from England to creat fast-growing hedgegrows to protect the cattle, sheep and hay from the winds. The device incidentally created what looks like a replica of England’s own gentle landscape. As a boy Silk skied on Egmont’s slopes and climbed to the 8260-foot summit when he was 16. “I was pretty thrilled, or ” he remembers. “It may not be the tallest mountain in the world but there’s nothing else tall near it and you get an impression of tremendous height. It dominates the landscape for miles and it’s a great sight,no matter how often you see it.” (George Silk—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #MountEgmont #NewZeal
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