My plans for the mid term break involved snowboarding and bouldering, both easy, minimal effort, maximum fun activities.Terra (Dumont) ruined everything by; somehow, I can’t quite pinpoint the moment, seducing, no, tricking me into a 12 day mountaineering trip, with Mt Aspiring and a bunch of rock and ice climbing as the goal. I’m usually ...

TERRA AND BENS NEW PLAYGROUNDDARRAN MOUNTAINS WINTER CLIMBING MEET JULY 2009 We had to keep wiping condensation from our breath off the windscreen as Ben and I leaned as far forward as possible to see high up onto the moonlit mountains. “I think we have just found ourselves a new playground Terra''. ''HOLY ***!!'' was the best I ...