First climbed in 1972 by Charlie Porter and Gary Bocarde, the ‘Shield’ follows an impossible series of micro seams up an otherwise shear...

Portable high altitude hyperbaric chambers have been around since the 80's but haven't evolved much since then, why? Most likely because...

In the summer of 2020-21, I spent a couple of months traversing the Southern Alps of New Zealand with Tōrea Scott Fyfe, Thomas Hadley and...

Northern most of Te Wai Pounamu’s ice plateaus, the Gardens or Eden and Allah preside proudly at the headwaters Rakaia and Rangitata on...

Established over several trips to the wall, Llewellyn Murdoch and Daniel Joll made the first free ascent of this new all free line on the...

“Should have stayed in the mountains” We paced around outside the apartment staring up at Fitzroy. There were no clouds in the sky. At...

After our 40 hour push on Mermoz we spent a couple of days trying desperately to recover, as it appeared more fine weather was on the...

After two days of travel we stepped off the bus to a windless, sunny El Chalten. We had arrived at the end of an unusually good weather...

Adventure Tourism 14 Pitches, 27 or possible around 22 C1 with a bit of pulling on bolts or gear. An exciting adventure across the upper...

Recently Sophie and I put together an alpine hit list on some scrap paper that hangs in the flat living room, right where we can see it...

The Manukau - Uwerau traverse is a classic loop in the Seaward Kaikouras, and a really good winter mission if you want to avoid too much...

A 2020 study of avalanche fatalities in New Zealand showed that 70% of avalanche fatalities since 1999 occurred to climbers and 63%of...

Without fail, in the middle of every year in New Zealand (without fail…. did you hear me, 2023?) the snow starts to fall. Our skis, ice...

Lowa Alpine Ice Boot review Four members of the New Zealand Alpine Team have been testing the Lowa alpine ice boots for the last few...

Radix has long been known for providing lightweight dehydrated meals, without a full alphabet of additives and preservatives tacked onto...

It was the kind of snap and crack that you feel inside you. The kind that people with you can hear. I remember hopping a few steps and...