Hey,  Who is keen for some climbing Sunday to celebrate my end of exams? I was thinking Titahi bay if weather is good, otherwise Hang Dog? If you have never climbed before and don't know where I am talking about that is fine, come along and find out! :)  Probably late start as got some spectacular looking parties to dance away to the ...

Hey everyone, Just a reminder that its uni holidays now and we'll be meeting at the pub for the next two weeks instead of up at uni. So come along to the Welsh Dragon Bar (end of courtney place near Embassy) from 7.30pm this Tuesday and next to enjoy a few beers, catch up and plan some holiday adventures! Sounds like theres plenty of scheming ...

Hey, Im keen to go down to the Darrens for the climbing meet and have a bed booked - so that is hopefully where I will be! But sadly this may not occur if my health keeps up it general trend. :(  So if that doens't happen I think I will be looking at a more restfull holiday. Maybe go some place to climb/lay in the sun and sleep or stay ...

... 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.  ...

Hey,   well I guess I can't miss that - so to the south after Ollies 21st!!! :)

Hey Hey Everybody, rock craft 2 is coming to town!!Well by coming to town, i mean we are leaving town to go on rock craft... We will be going to a exotic location called Wharepapa south, which is about an hour or so north of taupo, this will be happening on ANZAC weekend.  vague plan is to drive somewhere halfway on thursday night, camp, drive a ...

Hey guys, Glenn Pennycook is offering a couple of free alpine courses again this year: 5-6 July (basic rope) and 12-13 July (advanced). See his website here for more details. I'd highly recommend going on his basic climbing with ropes course, I did it last year and its what really got me into it! He has a great no-nonsense way of teaching ...

Make You Think Climbing Mt. Lloyd & Mt. Cran Jan. 2008   After waiting for nearly a day for the rain to clear, Jeremy and I finally set off up Freds Creek with ropes, slings, a full rack, ice axes, crampons, 6 days worth of food, a Microlight tent fly, half a toothbrush and a spoon. An hour later darkness fell, so we pitched the fly ...

Howdy all, Just thought I'd let everyone know that there's a climbing trip going on heading somewhere up the North Island. The ultimate destination is Wharepapa and Waipapa but may include stops at almost any of the North Island Crags including: Ruapehu, Whanganui Bay, Kinloch or Karakara Bay or some combination of them. Nothing is ...

And i shall be headed to Wharepapa, which is a really cool climbing place about 6 hours drive away... will be there (or some other rock climbing area in the central north island) for the 5? days that us uni students  get off :D Not too sure how much space will be in the cars, im not even sure who is coming who has a car... but there should be a ...