Archive: 2003

Archive: 2003

Features and editorials about Alpine Recreation and our adventures.

Articles - No Ordinary Feet - Phil Doole and Gottlieb Braun-Elwert on the summit of Aoraki Mount Cook

No Ordinary Feet

Climbing Aoraki with double-amputee Phil Doole

A gripping account of a guided ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook, led by Gottlieb Braun-Elwert, culminating in a triumphant summit climb with…

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From Sandflies to Summit

New Zealand Alpine Journal

Back in the world of domestic, electronic and commercial nonsense, I find it hard to adjust to sitting still in fine weather, so I decide to put fingers to keyboard…

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