South Ridge Aiguille Noire de Peuterey
Advice & Beta If the route is completely dry it would be possible to simply go with running shoes, no crampons or ice axe would be...
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nzalpineteam
Jul 8, 20144 min read
Big Boys Don’t Cry: An emotional summit day on Mt Kckinley
Tears welled up in my eyes. With each step I choked them back. 50m from the summit several escaped and with no one nearby I simply let...
nzalpineteam
Jul 6, 20142 min read
Petit Dru South Face, Chamonix Mt Blanc
Petit Dru South Face Ordinary Route Approach and Route Beta The approach to the South Face of the Petit and Grand Drus is best made from...
nzalpineteam
Apr 14, 20144 min read
First Ascent of the West Face of Lyttle Peak
Three of our other options for our biennial brothers trip had been abandoned due to weather or conditions. An idea which had been mooted,...
nzalpineteam
Apr 7, 20145 min read
Weta Prowl, Steeple Peak
A contender for the worst rock in the Alps would have to be Mt Huxley, which sits at head of the Ahuriri River with the Chosspile Peaks...
nzalpineteam
Mar 20, 20144 min read
New Route on Barrier Peak S. Face. First in 36 years.
Cyclone Luci was making her way south across the Pacific, bearing down on the north island and due to hit land on Saturday. I too was...
nzalpineteam
Mar 7, 20144 min read
The Central Darrans
I’d been wanting to go into the Central Darrans for years. Ever since I stood on the top of Barrier Knob – a Darrans neophyte on my way...
nzalpineteam
Mar 6, 20149 min read
One month in Fiordland
One night, sitting around the fire in the Warden’s Quarters at Homer Hut and listening to the heavy rain that signaled the end of the...
nzalpineteam
Feb 9, 20144 min read
New Route on the South Face of Marian.
Mater Dei, 1000m, 20, first ascent. Trip report and video from the ascent. Its not often I find myself checking the weather forecast for...
nzalpineteam
Dec 8, 201322 min read
Patagonia 2013 Trip Updates
Youtube Videos & Expedition Report Expedition Report New Zealand Alpine Team Expedition Cerro Torre, Torre Egger 1st December 2013 - 6th...
nzalpineteam
Nov 5, 20135 min read
Going solo in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park
I looked down, for the thousandth time, at the crampon points kicked in as far as I could tolerate, my toes aching and bruising with...
nzalpineteam
Oct 21, 20132 min read
Climbing ‘4VLOLZ’ on Single Cone
The term 'For the LOLs' and its variations speak to the deeper reasons of what motivates us to climb. It is not infrequently that a...
nzalpineteam
Oct 21, 20133 min read
A New Route on the South Face of Single Cone
The forecast was for one of those weak westerly flows that come in right after a clearing SW storm. Although the weather for the weekend...
nzalpineteam
Sep 10, 20133 min read
First Ascent, South Face Dasler Pinnacles.
Resistentialism noun: The apparently perverse or spiteful behavior of inanimate objects. It had been almost 3 weeks since the accident,...
nzalpineteam
Sep 9, 201312 min read
Alaska Expedition 2014
On the 26th May 2014, part of the New Zealand Alpine Team headed to Denali National Park in Alaska for a five week expedition. The...
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