Hey guys,

Your Tongariro crossing trip sounds like it will be awesome..

At this time of the year we have limitations on lending out Crampons’s and Ice’s as we have our mid winter trip in less than a week from AIC. We will be needing nearly all of the Crampon’s and Ices axes that we own and early next week we will be checking, sorting out and issuing the gear.  Although I understand you could probably get the gear back to us by Thursday / Friday this is really too late in the week and presents a logistical problem to us.   It is unlikely at this stage that there will be any available crampons and ice axes that you can borrow for next week.

Several places around Wellington and up in the Tongariro region will hire gear that would suite your requirements.  Bivouac in Wellington also have gear for hire

Craig Scott
Gear custodian
VUWTC