Imagine if you had a way of moving so quickly through the valleys and mountains of the Southern Alps, that you could travel unsupported for hundreds of kilometres with just a rucksack and the odd day of good weather.
A crew of high school students from the northern North Island head south to complete their Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award Gold Adventurous Journey with the help of a FMC grant.
David Ellis from Earth Sea Sky gives a brief history of next to skin technology, from the 1970's till now.
Marlborough Tramping Club raised $2000 for the Nelson-Marlborough Rescue Helicopter Trust by hosting a screening of the NZ Mountain Film Festival National Tour.
Tired of tramping with menfolk in a rush to reach their goal, a group of Auckland women started to organise bush walks their way 30 years ago.
In hindsight it’s easy to look back and ask ourselves why we didn’t do more side trips since the weather was so good.
In late November 2017 Dulkara Martig set off from Arthur’s Pass with three other kiwi women, with the goal of walking to Mount Cook Village.
It was one of those trips where everything was on the edge of going so wrong yet ended up being so right.
Wow, what an amazing day for the clubs' 50th Anniversary BBQ!!! We couldn't have asked for better weather!!
I had always wanted to pursue an artistic career and I soon realised the strong connection my painting had with the landscape.
Its a fundamental skill, which every packrafter needs to master very early in their paddling career.
It’s thirty-mumble years (surely not 40+!?) since I was one of the clubbies at Whakapapa and I’ve often thought about doing it again.
In my early years in New Zealand, even my father-in-law gave me a hard time for being a public servant and a Pommie. You take these things on the chin and realise, eventually, it’s a type of Kiwi bloke-humour and probably well meant.
Is building your own Packraft worth it? Stefan Warnaar finds out.
Bruce Hopkins takes his father and brother's ashes back home to Stewart Island. But he’s taking the long way there; via Te Araroa.
A history of the Castle Hill area, with over 200 images, historic paintings, letters and scientific analysis.
PNTMC is one of three FMC clubs based in Palmerston North.
When a six month visit to New Zealand is just not enough....
Kiwi writer Hannah Davison speaks to Holly Budge, a highly successful British Mountaineer about what motivates her to climb at high altitude.
By Mike Carter. "In the early sixties, as imported teachers from the UK, Di and I were sent on separate courses – hers involved New Plymouth and Science, mine Auckland and Mathematics. As a result she climbed Mount Taranaki and I bore a twinge of jealousy for over fifty years that I hadn’t."
The prospect of changes to NZ's regional helicopter services hits close to home for new FMC Executive member, Sarah Tiong.
“Cyclone Fehi devastates West Coast” and “Dart Track Closed” don’t sound good two days before the planned alpine trip to the Marion Plateau, plus the combination with a super blue blood moon seemed to promise an inauspicious start.
Tasmania is a tramper’s wonderland of ancient geology, flora and fauna, and so different to Aotearoa that it’s hard to believe we are neighbours.
