The goal of a “Round” is to climb all of the most prominents peaks in a mountain range, starting & finishing in the same place. The idea...

Jagged-Upham Couloir is an awesome little ice and mixed gully in the Arrowsmith Range within weekend striking distance of Christchurch....

Two plus one equals four, five six or maybe even seven. Basic maths right, you can't argue with the result. Anyone who has played team...

The road to Changabang has been rather long and winding. It all began over 3 years ago and came to an abrupt end as the COVID pandemic...

Falling backwards head first. Never a good situation to find yourself in. My helmet splits as my head slams into solid granite. My...

Every mountainous region has its list of highest peaks. The British Munros. The 4000m peaks of the European Alps. The Himalayan 8000ers....

The Olivines our quintessential heartland of New Zealand transalpine adventures, few are there among us that aren't inspired by the...

I could sense rather than see the face above me as I stumbled through the snow-covered moraine. A presence that loomed out beyond the...

Yosemite here we come. Yosemite was the second of the NZ Alpine Team's training trips, the first being Canadian Rockies in 2020. Well,...

The great virus of 2020 dealt a sweeping blow to anyone planning an overseas expedition. With our plans to travel to the Himalaya...

In 2018 I was standing around on top of El Capitan with Jon Seddon a fellow Kiwi and my climbing partner for that particular trip. It was...

Muztagh Ata stands at 7545m and is located in far western China, it's often called one of the easiest 7000m peaks because of the lack of...

Peru and the Cordillera Blanca must have the most easily accessed 6000m peaks in the world. It's possible to be at a base camp for a peak...

Another serac rips from the summit ice cliffs of neighbouring Mount Dickey, and the familiar roar of avalanche thunders through the...

September 30, 2018, NZAT members Kim Ladiges and Matthew Scholes flew into Nepal for a 6 week expedition with the primary objective being...

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...

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...

After our first exhausting failed effort on Punta Herron, our motivation for a second attempt was drained, none of us thought we would be...