The guidebook raves that the South Face of Douglas Peak is one of New Zealand's great ice climbs. We too can attest this is a classic ice...

I've heard it often joked that the most important thing learnt since March 2020 in these pandemic times, is to just not make any plans....

Everyone enjoys a little voyeurism from time to time, and if it can be combined with a spot of education, then we all come away a little...

Avalanche training is very important for anyone who ventures into the snow. Below are some tips on avalanche transceiver rescue from...

Free at last, free at last. I could sense James summoning the words of Martin Luther king as he dreamed of finally leaving the hanging...

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

When exercising at a high intensity your body needs an easily digestible fuel source – carbohydrates. Even well fat-adapted athletes will...

“Many Canterbury men know that a tough trans-alpine crossing can be a harder test of competence in unorthodox travel and stubborn...

Short approach, many pitches, interesting and challenging climbing. Personally when it came to climbing in NZ I had always hoped I could...

It seemed like the first reasonable break in the weather for weeks. I’d like to call the response an orderly mobilisation of the troops,...

More like the Learning Curver ! Lighter packs and a better looking weather window had myself and Lionel walking up the Hooker for the...

Accompanied by Elliot and Luke doing all sorts of things I would never have guessed you could (or should) do in a stock standard Grand...

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

Developing new routes is a highly rewarding and often time consuming activity. Motivations for doing it range from from the personal...

An issue well known to Petzl Nomics (and some other models of ice axe) is the tendency for the heads to loosen and develop movement over...

The lead up to the Remarkables Ice and Mixed Festival is always an intensely satisfying, full on week for the NZAT. Day after day we head...

First ascent of the South Face of Pyramid Peak (2295m) - Ben Dare (solo), July 2020. ‘Frost Flower’, Grade 6- (M5, WI4), VI, (1200m). Ten...

A couple of days of high pressure were forecast; the weather window looked like it was wide enough to sneak through on Tuesday. Gavin...

Nutrition on a mountaineering expedition can make or break the trip. Without the correct type of fuel, you cannot perform your best. In...

I’d heard that the chaps planning head off to Changabang had been talking with Macpac about a new light hardshell jacket for technical...