Expeditions - 2011

Ama Dablam – Pre Monsoon 2011

Vertical resources invites you to join them on a climb of the South-West ridge of Ama Dablam (6856m) in the pre-monsoon of 2011. [Continue]

Speedfly 8000 – April/Tibet

Speedfly 8000   In 2011 Mal Haskins and Dugald Peters (Wanaka and Queenstown, New Zealand) will be making an attempt to Ski Tour and speedfly from and 8000m Peak. At present the peak being planned is Shishapangma  in Tibet and the two will be making a number of training flights and [Continue]

Expeditions - 2010

Expedition – Baruntse
Baruntse Altitude 7,129m/23,389ft » Duration 35 Days Post Monsoon 2010   I'm off on another expedition to Nepal.  This [Continue]

Expeditions Plans for 2010 – Pre Monsoon
Just a quick teaser Here are some images of one of the peaks I am investigating for an expedition in April 2010.  Just under 7000m and as far [Continue]

Expeditions - 2009

Expediton completed
The expedition is now over and we're all down and back in kathmandu.  I'll write up a full trip report soon but suffice to say that we [Continue]

NZ - Ice Climbing

Bush Stream – out in a Frozen Playground

The lean snow fall this season combined with the cold temps of early July has kicked Bush Stream into producing some very good quality lines above 1300m and the low snow levels have exposed some previously unseen ice.  In total I saw 4 new serious lines from camp with [Continue]

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NZ - Ski Touring

West Coast – Centenial
Whilst still exceedingly early in the season - the recent storms have produced some very nice snowfalls on the NZ mountains and Glaciers. This means [Continue]

NZ - Climbing

Torrential Rain – fluctuating freezing levels

The rain simply hasn't stopped coming down – and most of it has been centered on the South Island of NZ.  Currently we expect that downtown Queenstown will be flooded by the morning with lake Wakitipu breaking it's banks. It's not all grim news though!  The glaciers [Continue]

Torrential Rain / Possible snow up high.

NZ is getting lashed right now! Heaps of fronts and a slow moving high pressure system means that an intense cold front with a warm front are becoming slow moving over most of the country.  Already we've had 2 days of basically torrential rain here in wanaka. The temperature has changed [Continue]

Winter Returns to NZ

It's the middle of summer and there's 25cm of new snow on the ground at the Remarkables and about 60cm of new snow in parts of Mt Cook National Park! It's a tad crazy – right now it's about 8 degrees in Wanaka and it's snowing in the hills.  I just finished up a trip [Continue]

Weather - NZ

NZ -Weather information

Weather information for NZ's Southern Alps. Written Forecasts Southern Lakes Mt [Continue]