grrrr damn kids.... ah well, plenty of climbing to be had up there!cheers for the info though :)Ollie

and also, have just been told, the Climbing shop (which has the best range of climbing gear in NZ probably) has a sale on while we are up there, 20-40% off everything!exciting stuff, i see myself buying even more shiny new trad gear....

ok, postponed if floods of epic proportions are predicted.... i will need time to build myself a Ark....but hopefully it will be sunny!!

CLIMBING!!!Rockcraft 2 is soon!!May the 11th to the 13th actually...So for those of you who are thinking of coming on it really should be coming along to fergs on wednesday night and get some of those climbing skills up, I have finished teaching the alpine club and now can focus on you guys!Rockcraft 2 is a great intro to proper climbing, we are ...

ok, some of you may know about jess's movie madness nights. this one is far far better!!on the 26th of april and the 1st of may the banff mountain film festival is coming to town!! they show some pretty hardcore crazy stuff, well worth checking out! tickets are slightly pricey for us poor students at $20 per screening but who needs food anyway.you ...

Just to let you all know, rockcraft 2 will not be happening when it says on the calender. It will be happening 2 weekends later on May 11-13th. Not only does this give me time to teach people how to climb stuff before we go, i get to recover from my down south trip and meet up with my brother who is coming up the weekend it originially was. this ...

Who is that? kinda hard to see from such a small photo...

I'm not too sure either... but they sound Dangerous....   The Government should do something to control them!!!

Ouch, sounds like that trip spanked you... got any photos?

You can tent for free around Mangatepopo... just has to be 500m or more from the trail, i was camped out up there for about 4 days over the holidays getting some climbing in and found a pretty sweet campspot up on the ridge behind mangatepopo hut but a bit higher up... it meant a wee walk back to the the hut every now and then to steal their water ...