Over the past summer, I spent some time in Fiordland. Over the course of the inevitable rainy days in Homer Hut, the question of where I lived would pop up. I’d mention Tasmania and then proceed to talk their ears off about how good the rock climbing was there until they politely excused themselves once they got sick of my psych. Okay, maybe not quite. But close. What stuck with me from those conversations was the number of strange ideas people had about Tasmania. One person

When multipitch climbing, having the ability to carry food and extra layers is a significant factor to an enjoyable send or a suffer fest, but so is the importance and approach to carrying them. Different systems will be amazing in one application, but inefficient and slow in another. Identifying your situation of use is important to determining what style is appropriate for your climb. Using the Big Wall grading system, each system has an ideal application Grade I–III: Half

For our recent big wall climbing expedition in Southern Greenland, I was given the job of putting together a Basecamp first aid kit. As I am also a junior doctor, I felt quite motivated to do a good job of it. There were six of us on the trip, away in a remote location for 5 weeks. It was a useful exercise to think about what problems are likely to occur, what we can reasonably treat ourselves and what treatments might actually prevent someone from having to leave. It took so

A current guide 19/03/2023 In his book ‘Aoraki Tai Poutini: a guide for mountaineers’, Rob Frost expresses to the reader that the...