Petit Dru South Face Ordinary Route Approach and Route Beta The approach to the South Face of the Petit and Grand Drus is best made from...

Expedition Capital Fund Aim To build up a substantial sum of capital that generates enough income to fully fund one major New Zealand led...

Three of our other options for our biennial brothers trip had been abandoned due to weather or conditions. An idea which had been mooted,...

A contender for the worst rock in the Alps would have to be Mt Huxley, which sits at head of the Ahuriri River with the Chosspile Peaks...

Cyclone Luci was making her way south across the Pacific, bearing down on the north island and due to hit land on Saturday. I too was...

Queenstown is the ideal location to live as a climber in NZ. Close enough to all the major South Island alpine climbing destinations it...

I’d been wanting to go into the Central Darrans for years. Ever since I stood on the top of Barrier Knob – a Darrans neophyte on my way...

One night, sitting around the fire in the Warden’s Quarters at Homer Hut and listening to the heavy rain that signaled the end of the...

The Climbing Space! To succeed in Patagonia, you must take a chance, you can't just sit waiting, your head bowed and cast. Don't get in a...

North-East Buttress, 700m, 15/16, first ascent. Something really struck home with me while reading an article by Jane Morris in the...

The BMC International meet is held every winter. It’s a fantastic event bringing together climbers of all abilities from around the world...

Mater Dei, 1000m, 20, first ascent. Trip report and video from the ascent. Its not often I find myself checking the weather forecast for...

The spring of 2013 will not be remembered for its sustained periods of settled weather. Instead much like the winter that preceded it, it...

In fine weather a unplanned or a planned bivvy generally involves little suffering. Fine weather can also be very forgiving when it comes...

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I have been using the Rab 2 person bothy bag for 6 months now. This is the first bothy bag I have ever owned so do not have any good...

To be honest I was wondering just how long the lightweight material of the Macpac Summit Anorak would last as I thrashed it in Patagonia....

One Year – And Recovered It has been exactly one year to the day since my brother and I made that fateful decision to descend from Zits...

Youtube Videos & Expedition Report Expedition Report New Zealand Alpine Team Expedition Cerro Torre, Torre Egger 1st December 2013 - 6th...

I looked down, for the thousandth time, at the crampon points kicked in as far as I could tolerate, my toes aching and bruising with...