Update 5 – 18th December, Fitz Roy via the North Pillar Very happy to be back in town after completing one of my dream Patagonian climbs....

Over the past 18 months the New Zealand Alpine Team along with Macpac have been developing the ultimate alpine climbing pack. Light,...

I dislike living in tents as a rule. Whenever I do trips, I'll avoid taking a tent at all costs if I can stay in a hut. The condensation,...

As we walked towards the South Face of Aspiring early on Saturday morning I watched several shooting stars dash across the night sky. ...

They say a climbing partnership is like a relationship, and it's fairly well established that opposites attract: perhaps that's why Ari...

Unfortunately it is with great sadness that we announce that the climber reported killed on Mt Aspiring yesterday was NZ Alpine Team...

Alpine climbing is extremely physically demanding. Most other sports have a history and culture of systematic training. Yet in alpine...

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...

The first twinkle of hoar frost came just at the entrance to the Eglinton. The full moon lit the peaks with a silvery glow of snow on the...

It surprises me how few mountain climbers understand or know a safe and simple method to abseil down a climb leaving minimal gear....

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...

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...

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...

Expedition Capital Fund Aim To build up a substantial sum of capital that generates enough income to fully fund one major New Zealand led...

Three of our other options for our biennial brothers trip had been abandoned due to weather or conditions. An idea which had been mooted,...

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...

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...

Queenstown is the ideal location to live as a climber in NZ. Close enough to all the major South Island alpine climbing destinations it...

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...

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...