To rope or not to rope? A key question for Don French, Dan Pringle, James Wright, and Simon Bell when confronting the massive Strauchon Face of Dilemma Peak on the edge of Aoraki Mt Cook National Park. Simon describes this challenging rock climb in these notes prepared for his presentation to the Tararua Tramping Club in June 2013.
Reward for effort. Steve Dowall, Peter Dickson, Lisa Wynne and Simon Bell climb Torres Peak high above the Fox Glacier in Westland National Park. An account by Steve Dowall of their December 2014 adventures.
A challenging 35 hour rock climb with a sleepless night spent anchored to the mountainside. Lisa Wynne and Simon climb Mt Magellan, a remote peak bordering Aoraki Mt Cook National Park.
After climbing Tutoko in 2012, Vaughan Snowdon and Simon team up again to attempt another peak in the Darran Mountains of Fiordland National Park.
After walking in from Mt Cook village up the Hooker, crossing Green Saddle to Plateau Hut, Simon and friends climb Tasman and Haast before walking out to Fox township to complete 16 days in the high mountains.
16 days of adventure climbing; Steve Dowall, Rob Hawes, Lisa Wynne and Simon climb Mts Cook and Tasman on their traverse from Mt Cook Village to Fox Glacier Township.
Vaughan Snowdon and Simon Bell climb Mt Tutoko in Fiordland National Park.
