The size and weight of your pack can have almost as much impact of your chances of success on a climb as your level of fitness and skill....

In this review Jaz Morris discusses what he’s learnt about different models of offset cams during a long season trad climbing on North...

In mid-September 2018 I teamed up with Tim Elson, a member of the newly invigorated Alpine Climbing Group in the UK, for an expedition to...

It is with great sadness we report the passing of a member of our team, Caleb Jennings. Caleb was a great climbing partner & friend to...

During a recent trip to the Dolomites in Italy I found myself in a rescue situation with an injured climbing partner. We were climbing as...

This year I experienced a number of accidents, medical illnesses and burnouts that prevented me from climbing for weeks at a time. As an...

"The Promise" Grade VI, 6+ (WI4, M5+, A0), 700m. On the Southwest Face of Mt Percy Smith (2465m), solo first ascent, Ben Dare, October 7,...

The New Zealand Alpine Team are proud to announce that Tim Macartney-Snape, Lionel Clay and Allan Uren will be joining the NZAT in an...

The Integral ridge spanning the Flames De Pierre to Aiguille Verte should be one of the iconic Chamonix alpine climbs. Over the course of...

The Ministry of Silly Walks – MC5+, WI4, M4, 800m Rose Pearson and Sam Waetford have followed in Caleb and Kim’s foot steps to climb another new route on the Sheila face of Mount Cook. Rose and Sam had been watching the weather hoping the high would continue through the weekend as Sam wasn’t flying in from Australia till midday on Friday. They had three days before the weather broke, and decided to aim for the Sheila after hearing it was in good condition from Kim and Caleb o

We are excited to announce that NZAT members Caleb Jennings and Kim Ladiges have climbed what is arguably the last plum unclimbed line on...

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...

The Macpac New Zealand Alpinist of the Year awards are judged over the 12-month period that follows the previous year's Remarkables Ice...

"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...