Team member Jaz Morris along with Ruari Macfarlane and Maddy Whittaker recently made the first recorded ascent of an often-looked-at line...

The faces were looking dry as Alastair and I made the journey up the Hooker Valley - as we picked our way through the rocky moraine we...

First published in the AAJ – it has been reprinted here with their permission – http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201...

First published in the NZAC Climber magazine. This article was edited by Tom Hoyle. The text was written by Kim Ladgies and Rose Pearson...

Muztagh Ata stands at 7545m and is located in far western China, it's often called one of the easiest 7000m peaks because of the lack of...

Peru and the Cordillera Blanca must have the most easily accessed 6000m peaks in the world. It's possible to be at a base camp for a peak...

SouthWest Pillar on Lobuche East and Cholatse North Face Nov 2017 Steven Fortune. Daniel Joll, Matt Scholes and Kim Ladiges Lobuche (or...

This is a trip report for an ascent of the Walker spur by Kim Ladiges & Daniel Joll on the 22/3/2019 (first day of spring so not quite a...

Spending a whole season in a place as dynamic as Chamonix in the heart of the French Alps is an interesting experience. Observing the...

September 30, 2018, NZAT members Kim Ladiges and Matthew Scholes flew into Nepal for a 6 week expedition with the primary objective being...

Les Drus is the most impressive granite monolith overlooking the Chamonix Valley. Often you will catch a glance of the intimidating, dark...

In mid-September 2018 I teamed up with Tim Elson, a member of the newly invigorated Alpine Climbing Group in the UK, for an expedition to...

This year I experienced a number of accidents, medical illnesses and burnouts that prevented me from climbing for weeks at a time. As an...

"The Promise" Grade VI, 6+ (WI4, M5+, A0), 700m. On the Southwest Face of Mt Percy Smith (2465m), solo first ascent, Ben Dare, October 7,...

The Integral ridge spanning the Flames De Pierre to Aiguille Verte should be one of the iconic Chamonix alpine climbs. Over the course of...

The Ministry of Silly Walks – MC5+, WI4, M4, 800m Rose Pearson and Sam Waetford have followed in Caleb and Kim’s foot steps to climb...

We are excited to announce that NZAT members Caleb Jennings and Kim Ladiges have climbed what is arguably the last plum unclimbed line on...

The South Face of Mt Hutton (2820m) at the head of the Cass Valley in Tekapo received its first ascent on Sunday 26th August 2018 by...

A multi-pitch ice climbing crag located at the head of Twenty Five Mile Creek - a tributary of the Rees River. This was an area first...

"Elysium" Grade VI, 6 (AI5), 750m. On the South Face of Mt Suter (2094m) in the Darran Mountains, solo first ascent, Ben Dare, July 12,...