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About the NZAT
What is the New Zealand Alpine Team? The New Zealand Alpine Team is an ongoing initiative of the Expedition Climbers Club Inc. born from...
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May 22, 201710 min read
NZAT Announces Independent Review of Marian Peak Accident
The Expedition Climbers Club Inc., as administrators of the New Zealand Alpine Team, wish to announce the commencement of an independent...
nzalpineteam
May 7, 20172 min read
NZAT Members Killed in Fiordland National Park
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of two team members Conor Smith and Sarwan Chand. Over ANZAC Weekend Conor and Sarwan...
nzalpineteam
Apr 25, 20172 min read
A New Alpine Rock Route on Cloudy Peak
The Expedition Climbers Club (ECC) recently organised a rock climbing trip to Cloudy Peak in late February this year with the intention...
nzalpineteam
Apr 21, 20174 min read
Climbing Communications
It is not always possible to hear your climbing partner. We want to have a system of communication that does not rely on verbal calls,...
nzalpineteam
Apr 18, 20173 min read
Climbing Moab’s Classic Desert Towers
After two months of fantastic ice & mixed climbing in the Canadian Rockies, finally the seasons were beginning to signal a change, with...
nzalpineteam
Apr 9, 20173 min read
Salewa Firetail Evo Approach Shoe
There are many alpine rock routes including technical rock climbing, that you want to change into rock shoes for, that you need to carry...
nzalpineteam
Mar 24, 20173 min read
Cerro Torre – Ragni Route
Man Spooning ? Verb , two men locked in the spoon position during an alpine bivy. Depending on the participants, usually a function of...
nzalpineteam
Mar 2, 20178 min read
Safety Alert: Avoiding common, preventable climbing accidents
We are propagating accidents, injuries and deaths. In almost all commercial industries, when multiple near misses or similar accidents...
nzalpineteam
Mar 1, 20175 min read
El Capitan Nose In A Day Beta
The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite. Beta for climbing the “Nose In A Day” (NIAD) The Nose on El Capitan has to be one of the worlds most...
nzalpineteam
Feb 19, 201713 min read
Independant Climbing & Trekking in theLangtangValley, Nepal
North of Kathmandu, bordering Tibet, is the picturesque and highly diverse Lantang Valley. For any outdoor enthusiast this is the ideal...
nzalpineteam
Dec 28, 20168 min read
Canada Ice Climbing 2017
The New Zealand Alpine Team is spending three weeks ice climbing in the Canadian Rockies around Canmore, Alberta this January. Follow...
nzalpineteam
Dec 27, 201620 min read
Arthurs Pass Ice
The words Arthurs Pass and ice are two words most climbers never use in the same sentence. The fact of the matter is, ice routes do exist...
nzalpineteam
Dec 24, 20164 min read
Macpac Prophet Jacket
After doing the maths on my trusty old Macpac Paclite jacket and realizing there were more patches than actual jacket, I knew the time...
nzalpineteam
Dec 11, 20163 min read
A New Route on the South-West Buttress of Bruce Peak
We did not rate our chances of success as we fought our way up the South Temple in heavy rain. The river was flooded, making the track...
nzalpineteam
Nov 17, 20162 min read
Tears of Papatuanuku (East Face of Mt Talbot)
I'd done several of the classic rock routes up on Moirs and on the back of Barrier Knob over the past summer months but I'm ashamed to...
nzalpineteam
Nov 7, 20164 min read
Macpac Fitzroy Soft Shell Pants Review
The Fitzroy is Macpac’s premier soft shell pant which combines breathable stretch and high water resistant materials that make a...
nzalpineteam
Nov 7, 20163 min read
Alpine training in Australia
While there may be a lacking of high mountains or ice and mixed climbing, with some imagination, there is no shortage of opportunities to...
nzalpineteam
Oct 21, 20168 min read
South Face Mt Hicks – Curver
A trip up the Hooker Glacier to Empress Hut is one of the must do Kiwi alpine experiences for any visiting or local mountaineer. When I...
nzalpineteam
Sep 12, 20164 min read
NZAT Ice Training Camp
As part of our training for the up and coming team trip to Canada, the team spent the weekend prior to the Remarkables Ice and Mixed...
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Sep 5, 20164 min read
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