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,...

This is a straight forward article with all the facts you need for climbing the Lesueur route on the North Face of Les Drus. To follow...

After our first exhausting failed effort on Punta Herron, our motivation for a second attempt was drained, none of us thought we would be...

The following outlines our acclimatization schedule, climbing equipment and clothing used for an ascent of the North Face of Cholatse. ...

I recently snuck off from a social tramping trip to the Copland Hot Pools to make a solo ascent of the West Ridge of Mt Sefton. The...

Eyeing the next thin slot above, I jammed my fingers in deep and wedged them into the constriction. Far above my last piece of...

The Expedition Climbers Club (ECC) recently organised a rock climbing trip to Cloudy Peak in late February this year with the intention...

Man Spooning ? Verb , two men locked in the spoon position during an alpine bivy. Depending on the participants, usually a function of age and or temperature, man spooning may take several seconds, minutes or even hours to begin. Once both parties have accepted the terms on their situation, man spooning usually continues until it?s time to start climbing. It is not common to hear the expression ?Lets manspoon? this is usually a silent agreement. Scroll to the bottom of this

North of Kathmandu, bordering Tibet, is the picturesque and highly diverse Lantang Valley. For any outdoor enthusiast this is the ideal...

The words Arthurs Pass and ice are two words most climbers never use in the same sentence. The fact of the matter is, ice routes do exist in the Arthurs Pass area. These routes are often not in the form of semi- transparent blue pillars with easy approaches but instead may be mixed with rock, turf and may be difficult to access. Some climbers often slag off climbing around Arthurs Pass, but the benefits gained from a backyard of Arthurs climbing can quickly silence the staunc

We did not rate our chances of success as we fought our way up the South Temple in heavy rain. The river was flooded, making the track...

I'd done several of the classic rock routes up on Moirs and on the back of Barrier Knob over the past summer months but I'm ashamed to...

A trip up the Hooker Glacier to Empress Hut is one of the must do Kiwi alpine experiences for any visiting or local mountaineer. When I...