Tararua Tops Thirst on the ridge
An overnight circuit: Neill Ridge/Mount Hector/Bull Mound
Climbing Above the Fiord
As Simon pondered the viability of down climbing another steep section soaring above, it occurred to me that we were going to run out of time.
Climbing A fortunate alignment
An early September climb of Mount Rolleston via Rome Ridge
Tararua Tops Seven Summits
Most have heard of the Seven Summits challenge, where the highest point on each of the world’s seven continents is climbed. But there’s also a seven summits challenge much closer to home.
Climbing Icy encounters above Bush Stream
Camping in the mountains in mid winter is cold. I have a down Macpac bag that’s meant to be cosy at minus seven. It wasn’t.
Ruapehu Climbing Te HeuHeu’s SE Ridge
Just as I thought what lay above wasn’t the prettiest icescape I’d seen, Simon paraphrased for me. “This ice is sh#t.” He was busily hacking away at brittle rime ice on steep volcanic rock. Ice fragments flew everywhere.
Climbing Craters in the snow
The moonless crystal clear sky offered the most vivid view of the Milky Way I’d ever seen.
Family I say Kos-tuze-co, they say Koz-ee-os-co
Climbing Australia's highest peak in winter
Climbing Alpine lessons at Arthurs Pass
Going with the flow, or in this case, snow at Arthurs Pass on Mount Temple and Mount Rolleston
Climbing Overnighting with a Kaitiaki
Since Guy Mannering and A. P. Harper first crossed it in January 1890, Ball Pass has become one of those better known spots than most in our Southern Alps.
Climbing Plan C – Southwest Ridge of Cloudy Peak
An attempt on the southwest ridge of Cloudy Peak, a little beyond Erewhon Station in the Canterbury mountains
Climbing Third time lucky
A round trip in winter from Homer Hut, climbing Mt McPherson via Talbot Ladder, then over Traverse Pass to Gertrude Saddle and down.
Tararua tops Chasing the fifteenth
In pursuit of the Tararuas' fifteen points above 1,500 metres
Climbing The Cloud Piercer
Just one client and his guide with the Linda Glacier route all to themselves (December 2012)
Climbing Breaching a guardian’s defences
A summer climb of Mount Earnslaw's east peak and adjacent Mount O'Leary (March 2013)
Ruahine Tops Curves With Teeth
Photographer and explorer, Peter Laurenson, captures his four-day tops circuit across some of the highest peaks of the Ruahine Ranges.
Climbing Humbled again
A visit to Annette Plateau via Sebastopol Ridge, exiting over Mount Kitchener on a route not initially intended.
Climbing The Darrans in winter
A short account of the winter climbing meet based at Homer Hut in the Darran Mountains (July 2015).
Nepal New heights in the Khumbu
It’s said that life’s a journey. Actually, I think it’s is a series of journeys, where some can be travelled on the back of others. That’s how I see my trips to the Khumbu in Nepal with my sons.
Family A day early
A mix of type one and two winter climbing fun for two teenagers on Mount Taranaki.
