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NZ Alpine warm ups for Ben Dare

Posted by Ollie NZAC on 5 July 2011 - 2:08pm
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South face Malte Brun, showing Ben & Mike's route

South face of Malte Brun, showing Ben & Mike's route

 

Before leaving for Nepal with the New Zealand Solu Khumbu Alpine Style Expedition, Ben Dare climbed three new alpine rock routes.

Sibbald South Face

Posted by Ollie NZAC on 5 July 2011 - 1:52pm
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Sibbald South Face: Greig approaching the faceSibbald South Face: Greig approaching the face
On 12 June, Greig Hamilton and Steve Fortune climbed the unclimbed south face of Mt Sibbald from the Godley Valley. From a campsite at the head of the Godley River North Branch, the pair climbed the 900m buttress to the right of the hanging glacier to the 2633m south peak, before climbing the ridge to the main summit.

Whanganui Bay, Easter 2011

Posted by Ollie NZAC on 30 March 2011 - 3:02pm
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Heading to the Bay for Easter? We've just heard through the grapevine that the local whanau will be putting on a BBQ for climbers on both Saturday & Sunday nights. Bring a good appetite & some $$$  :-)

Backyard & beyond - latest adventure

Posted by Ollie NZAC on 15 March 2011 - 1:11pm
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Check out the latest from Paul Hersey & Jamie Vinton-Boot : http://backyardandbeyond.org.nz/

Their latest serving of homegrown adventure features footage from an ascent of Mt Williams in the Hopkins valley, including hot tips on how to drain your flooded tent in the middle of the night...

Waipapa crag closed

Posted by Ollie NZAC on 1 June 2010 - 12:33pm
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Hi folks

We sent this message out to all our north island members last week, so thought it should be here too.

Hot Rock: Africa expedition

Posted by Kester on 23 December 2010 - 10:39am
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It seems a long time ago now that a big red truck made it to the quayside in Aqaba, Jordan’s deepwater port, and headed off to Amman to start a big adventure: Hot Rock’s Africa 2010 expedition.

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Ascent of Nasees Spire

Posted by jonathan on 19 August 2009 - 2:00pm
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Wanaka rockclimber Jon Sedon and Australian Adrian Laing have recently made an ascent of Nasees Spire in Northern Pakistan.

James and a fat man climb The Bells

Posted by whitecaps on 14 March 2006 - 9:00am
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An email from Whitecaps:

Hey Ian, unfortunately you missed out on an absolute blast of a weekend which left James and I both completely shattered with bruised knuckles and burning calves.

After a belated trip down in the van on Saturday morning we arrived at the mountain as it started to finish snowing lightly. We pack-muled up to the hut before undertaking a steep waterfall ice pitch on the back of the cafe to reacquaint ourselves with screws and climbing cold stuff again. We both felt confident afterwards and upon hearing the first pitch of Chiming Bells on the pinnacles looked a possible goer we resolved to set the alarm for 5:30, rack up our harnesses and pre-pack everything so we could leave asap.

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Photo's of "Taniwha" - Hellsgate, Wanaka

Posted by mikal on 27 January 2006 - 11:48am
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New pictures of Ed Nepia and Guy Cotter's new route "Taniwha" at Hellsgate, Wanaka.
click here to see album

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Springtime in the U.K.

Posted by craigm on 10 August 2005 - 10:39pm
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Springtime in the U.K.. The daffodils are blooming, the blossom is on the trees, the weather’s warming up. Yeah right! My old climbing mate Martin was getting married in the UK in April so Sarah and I decided to take a month off work and check out the UK climbing scene. For me this meant 2 must visit areas; Llanberis in Nth Wales and the Peak District.
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