DJ Wild - Daniel Joll, Tanja de Wilde Never before have I cared so deeply about sending a project. “What is wrong with me!?” I think as I...

DJ Wild 23 Pitches , grade 24, Mixed bolts and trad protection.  All belays double bolted and the full route can be rappelled with a...

The New Zealand Alpine Team is an ongoing initiative of the Expedition Climbers Club Inc. born from a desire to support and encourage...

There are many places in the mountains, maybe most, where taking a crap and leaving it just doesn't cut the mustard. You should think...

The author Matty on Kangchungtse From season-to-season, things generally don't change a lot in climbing world. Maybe companies shave off...

Mac Pacs Nitro Hybrid Jacket is a light weight insulation and wind resistant layer, for active adventurers in the mountains. The jackets...

Above: Sophie climbing in the Prophet Bib Air Pants on the Weeping Wall, in the Canadian Rockies ------------------ Last spring while...

Light is essential for any climber when the day gets away on them and night falls. A reliable headlamp becomes an important lifeline,...

18th-20th May, 2024. Steven Fortune and Maddy Whittaker Mt Watkins is just as immense and impressive looking as El Capitan and Half Dome,...

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...