Fresh back from a 5000m freefall jump. You should be able to see my picture from Tuesday 10th at the Skydive Lake Wanaka website. Needless to say it was a bloody brilliant experience. The flight was uber scenic and I decided to do it here rather than the far cheaper Lake Taupo so that I [...]

I’m still working on my mega trip report up Mount Aspiring so here is Tom’s shortened version of our Mount Aspiring climb or his other half Caroline’s report .

3 days, 50km++, climbing, scrambling, slabs, around 200 crevasse crossings, 1000 foot drops, the hardest forest walk I’ve done, abseiling, great timing for the weather, and two nights in the Colin Todd hut, but I’ve made it back from Mount Aspiring. What a fantastic trip of alpine mountaineering, but this being New Zealand means you [...]

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