Definitely - there's some awesome easy to medium stuff there. Red Arete is the classic climb in the area, 3 pitches (can be done in less) of bolted grade 15ish - you could always lead them and have your brother follow up. Its nice and friendly and just a neat location, have been up there a few times. Its obvious from the road when ...

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Manakau Ascent 18-20 November 2010 Kieran Paton (scribe) & Manoel Matos Having heard that the route up Manakau in the Seaward Kaikoura Range was a long one, getting away from our mid-level camp (1600m) on Surveyor Spur at the leisurely hour of 8.30am was perhaps not the most promising start. But then we had also heard that Manakau was known ...

Hey all, It's looking like there will be a trip to Taranaki this weekend. The weather looks great at the moment, so some of us are keen to head up to the summit and camp there, and perhaps do a bit of climbing (of the ice variety, if indeed there is any ice left). Note that crampon and ice-axe skills will most likely be required for this ...

You can see Taranaki if you look really hard.

Ngaruahoe in the background.

 On the edge of Ruapehu's summit plateau.