Deciding what food to pack for an alpine mission has taken up far more brain space than I'd care to admit. Despite having spent hundreds of days in a tent, I still eye up the fancy freeze-dried meals frequently, before checking the price tag and walking away to buy couscous and tuna, again. I've also seriously miscalculated the amount of calories I packed for a trip once. Spending the following week feeling completely wrecked was enough to convince me never to make that mist

Three metres of blank rock above. I reached over and detached the drill-bit from the drill, tucking it into my pocket. I'd discovered that it feels easier to commit to a crux without visions of falling and being impaled by the drill. Pulling onto the dirty crimps again reminded me of the weight of the bolt kit. It had been a couple hours of zig-zagging up this 30 metre headwall. Digging out small cam placements, and trying to save on the handful of bolts clipped to my harness

In February, Peter Le and I went for a mission into the famed Sinbad Gully. Tucked away near Lawrenny Peaks and across Milford Sound, it doesn’t see much traffic on account of the long approach. Having frothed over Climber magazine articles of the place, it was epic to get finally get in there and have a play! Looking up at the steep wall Getting there (and back): Step one is to get across the sound. If you’ve got some kind of water craft in your possession, whether it be a k