The Climber 83: All
Autumn 2013
-
| No comments | MoreThe question is: does a mountain with a name have more significance than one without? -
| No comments | MoreSince the damage caused to many of the more popular Canterbury crags by the earthquakes of 2010 and 2011, and the resulting compromised access, local climbers have been rediscovering and developing some forgotten and/or overlooked cliffs. -
| No comments | MoreMt Cook resident Guy McKinnon has completed a new route on the east face of Mt Sefton. -
| No comments | MoreThere has been some activity at Mt Cook over the summer, with a few new routes being completed and some motivated folk ticking off some of the bigger classics. -
| 2 comments | MoreThanks to settled weather in March and temperatures in the mid-20s, climbing crews from Queenstown made numerous trips to climb up high on the Remarkables. -
| No comments | MoreIt’s the central Darrans, but not as you know it; short routes, easy offs and the most delightful red stone around, all bathed in warm sunshine and perched above one of New Zealand’s most scenic glaciers. -
| 2 comments | MoreBuilding on the success of last year’s Remarkables Ice and Mixed Festival, Queenstown locals Ben Dare, Craig Jefferies and Daniel Joll have scheduled the second annual festival to run from 15–19 August, 2013.
-
| 4 comments | MoreMilo Gilmour has been busy this summer at the head of the Young Valley, in Mt Aspiring National Park. With various partners, Milo has added two excellent alpine rock routes on the east face of Mt Awful.
-
| 2 comments | MoreWhile cockies countrywide cursed the fine weather and danced rain jigs in dusty paddocks from the Waikato to the McKenzie, the Moir’s Mate maestros were up to their usual tricks on sun-drenched granite slabs high above the Milford Road. -
| No comments | MoreDunedin's Paul Hersey and New Plymouth's Phill Davies recently climbed a new route on Glen Lyon in the Hopkins Valley.