In 1991, climbers found the body of a man in the ice of a glacier in the Otztal Alps. The 5600 year old ''Otzti man'' caused a sensation in anthropological circles. In 2008, some similarly decrepit old fossils from the history of VUWTC met in Innsbruck to retrace his steps. We started our trip at Obergurgler. ...

... if so, then come along on tuesday and I'll show a few photos from the Arthurs Pass area to pique your interest in the mid year trip. I've got a smattering of photos from about a dozen trips there, north/south/east west of the park and two mid winter trips. From easy valley wanderings to climbing some of the pointier hills.  ...

By Ben Clendon   If for some bizarre reason you woke up one day and decided you desperately needed to have a one on one wrestle with mother nature, and more importantly you were not afraid to lose I've got just the place for you...   To start your mad rush at mother nature, you'll first need to locate a few obviously dimwitted ...