Mill Creek
8th January 2022
v4a4II**
West Wānaka Conservation Area,
Matukituki Valley, Otago
Descent with Rachel Jones, Patrick Timm, and Emma Stanley.
The waterfalls in Mill Creek look quite intimidating from above, but most of ...
Robinson Creek
7th January 2022
v4a3II***
Haast Pass,
Mount Aspiring National Park
Descent with Emma Stanley.
This was my first time teaming up with Emma, so we went for a short but spectacular canyon that ...
Ore Stream
5th January 2022
v4a5IV***
Haast Pass,
Mount Aspiring National Park
Descent with Rachel Jones, Patrick Timm, and Gareth Riches.
I hadn't met Patrick or Gareth before, but after the one canyon I'd done ...
Lewis Pass Tops
31st December 2021 – 3rd January 2022
Lewis Pass Scenic Reserve and
Lake Sumner (Hoka Kura) Forest Park
Tramping with Liv Feary.
Most people take one or two days to complete ...
Mt Alexander
24th–26th December 2021
Kaimata Range,
Ōtira–Kopara Forest Conservation Area
Tramping with Hanni Hopsu.
Our initial plans for a five-day Christmas tramp in south Westland were scuppered by weather, so we fell back ...
Mathers Creek
18th December 2021
v4a4III***
Haast Pass,
Mount Aspiring National Park
Descent with Gavin Barry-Morgan, Hugh Simons, and Rachel Jones.
After getting Hugh back into canyoning with a post-lockdown lap of Cross Creek the ...
Cross Creek
17th December 2021
v3a2II***
Haast Pass,
Mount Aspiring National Park
Descent with Gavin Barry-Morgan and Hugh Simons.
After driving to Makarora from Christchurch, we decided we had time for an evening lap of ...
Rome Ridge
22nd October 2021
Grade III, 2+
Mount Rolleston,
Arthur's Pass National Park
Traversing the 'horizontal' part of Rome Ridge, just before the Shark's Tooth, in the early morning sunlight.
“Looking at doing Rome ...
Mueller Hut and Mt Annette
1st – 3rd October 2021
Grade I, 1
Sealy Range,
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
Mueller Hut (1800m), partially buried in the snow, with Aoraki/Mt Cook behind.
My housemate and ...
Touch Down
14th August 2021
WI3 60m (we did 30m)
South Face of Single Cone,
The Remarkables
The view from the snow cave.
From The Remarkables ski area, Ed and I made use of a ...
Twin Creek and Barrack Creek Canyons
5th & 7th February 2021
Twin Creek and Barrack Creek in Arthur's Pass National Park
Twin Creek v5a2III***
Bealey Valley,
Arthur's Pass National Park
The start of the 70m ...
Mt Torlesse (1961m) via Kowai River
14th June 2020
Grade I, 1+
Torlesse Range,
Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park
Mt Torlesse viewed from the Kowai Valley
My legs were feeling the previous day's climb up Mt Philistine ...
