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...
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Apr 25, 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...
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Nov 17, 20162 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
Sep 12, 20164 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...
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Sep 5, 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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May 18, 20162 min read
Press Release: NZAT Peru Expedition 2016
Press Release 19 May 2016 Departing on the 27th May, the Expedition Climbers? Club (ECC) 2016 Peru Expedition will be the largest...
nzalpineteam
Nov 12, 20151 min read
NZ Alpine Team members 2016-2019 announced
We’re stoked to be able to announce the newest members of the New Zealand Alpine Team! Recently, we requested applications for the NZAT...
nzalpineteam
Oct 19, 20154 min read
NZ Alpine Team 2016-2019 Trials
On the 17th – 18th of October we held the trials for the 2016-2019 intake for the New Zealand Alpine Team. Nine candidates are competing...
nzalpineteam
Oct 12, 20154 min read
Tramadol Dreams
15 months ago I was recovering from surgery repairing my shattered ankle. Painkillers caused insomnia and vivid dreams featuring movie...
nzalpineteam
Aug 9, 20152 min read
Queenstown Dry Tooling Crags – Pink Palace and Den of Iniquity Topos
Currently there are two established dry tooling crags in Queenstown. Both of these are located at the Kelvin Heights end of the Kelvin...
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Feb 25, 20154 min read
Peaking Pete: A Story of Fear and a New Route
As I sit in my 9 a.m. Biological Chemistry lecture on Monday morning, I can barely grip a pen due to eviscerated finger tips, nor can I...
nzalpineteam
Jan 26, 201511 min read
Summer in Chamonix
Some experiences are so much larger than those it precedes, it takes a time before they can be shared. For me, the two weeks I spent...
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Oct 27, 201410 min read
First Ascent: South Face of Mt Suter
Viewed from the Milford road Mt Suter is all but indiscernible. Standing amongst a cluster of peaks at the head of Monkey and Falls...
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Sep 18, 20142 min read
The Man Who Lives In The Mountains, Welcome Home – Poems by Tui Kraal
The man who lives in the mountains is free. He must be, if he is to go beyond the reaches of the forest, and find his path to the summit....
nzalpineteam
Sep 3, 20144 min read
Ari Kingan: A Tribute
They say a climbing partnership is like a relationship, and it's fairly well established that opposites attract: perhaps that's why Ari...
nzalpineteam
Jul 27, 20143 min read
New Route on the South-East Face of Ferintosh Peak
For me one of the great most rewarding aspects of alpine climbing in New Zealand is the vast range of objectives that we have on hand at...
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Mar 10, 20143 min read
South Face East Twin Second Ascent
Queenstown is the ideal location to live as a climber in NZ. Close enough to all the major South Island alpine climbing destinations it...
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Mar 6, 20143 min read
The Climbing Space!
The Climbing Space! To succeed in Patagonia, you must take a chance, you can't just sit waiting, your head bowed and cast. Don't get in a...
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Feb 17, 20143 min read
First ascent: Somnus North-East Buttress Solo
North-East Buttress, 700m, 15/16, first ascent. Something really struck home with me while reading an article by Jane Morris in the...
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Feb 4, 20144 min read
South Face of Nazomi – New Route
The spring of 2013 will not be remembered for its sustained periods of settled weather. Instead much like the winter that preceded it, it...
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