If you want to climb Mt. Aspiring go NOW!!! Jonathon and I just got back from climbing the SW ridge. It was awesome! Nice hard snow and beautiful ice :) All routes look on - NW, S face etc. The Quarterdeck is all filled in and very straight forward, so is the Bonar. You don't even need a rope to cross the glacier. Avo danger is almost ...

Hello everyone, AIC follow is next weekend! :) If you where at the meeting last night you would have heard a little bit about it. Here is the run down. This trip is for both people who have never done any mountaineering and would like to learn basic alpine skills and for people who have basic alpine skills and would like to increase these ...

Hello, I am very keen to go climbing on Ruapahu this weekend (if the forecast improves!!)   My general plan is: Leave Hunter car park Friday 5:15pm or latter if need be Drive to mountain and camp in Bruce Shelter Saturday am walk up to Delta Corner (NZAC Hut) and pitch tents Go climbing in the Pinnacles Sunday more climbing on the ...

Hey, If the weather is not quite so marginal I'm keen to go climbing on Ruapahue this weekend! Any one else keen? I'm thinking of playing around on the Pinnacles. It won't be a instuctional trip as such - there is AIC 2 and snow caving for that comming up soon, but whatever your ability you can come on up and have a potter around or climb ...

Hey,   well I guess I can't miss that - so to the south after Ollies 21st!!! :)