Please note that short-fixing is an advanced climbing technique and is not suitable for beginners or anyone new to trad climbing. In...

I first used the Lightweight Prophet Jacket on an ice climbing trip to Canada. To be honest, I hadn't given much thought to what jacket I...

As I sit in my 9 a.m. Biological Chemistry lecture on Monday morning, I can barely grip a pen due to eviscerated finger tips, nor can I...

1. Drop your heels – This is the most classic and common problem for people beginning ice climbing. Raising your heels too high can cause...

Some experiences are so much larger than those it precedes, it takes a time before they can be shared. For me, the two weeks I spent...

Aluminum and light weight ice screws have been around for many years in various forms. Early Jeff Lowe models that were in short supply...

The perfect boot? I know this is a bold statement but what is needed from a boot? Comfort, warmth, dexterity, durability, being able to...

Ice climbing requires a surprising amount of equipment. First off there’s all the gear to actually climb the ice, then there is the gear...

What to wear for a day’s winter climbing is a source for endless debate, and everyone will have different ideas about what constitutes...

I've been using the 'All Season' Sealskinz Gloves for five months now as my primary set of technical mountaineering gloves and have been...

Canada Ice Climbing Blog – by Jaz Morris and Frazer Attrill We have included a link to the best photos of the trip below. Even if you are...

Viewed from the Milford road Mt Suter is all but indiscernible. Standing amongst a cluster of peaks at the head of Monkey and Falls...

The man who lives in the mountains is free. He must be, if he is to go beyond the reaches of the forest, and find his path to the summit....

Update 5 – 18th December, Fitz Roy via the North Pillar Very happy to be back in town after completing one of my dream Patagonian climbs....

Over the past 18 months the New Zealand Alpine Team along with Macpac have been developing the ultimate alpine climbing pack. Light,...

I dislike living in tents as a rule. Whenever I do trips, I'll avoid taking a tent at all costs if I can stay in a hut. The condensation,...

As we walked towards the South Face of Aspiring early on Saturday morning I watched several shooting stars dash across the night sky. ...

They say a climbing partnership is like a relationship, and it's fairly well established that opposites attract: perhaps that's why Ari...

Unfortunately it is with great sadness that we announce that the climber reported killed on Mt Aspiring yesterday was NZ Alpine Team...

Alpine climbing is extremely physically demanding. Most other sports have a history and culture of systematic training. Yet in alpine...