Tag: mount cook

Tag: mount cook

Features and editorials about Alpine Recreation and our adventures.

Articles - Ball Pass Crossing - Roping up for glacier travel, Ball Glacier, Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

Ball Pass Crossing

Why going guided won’t cramp on your style
Front Country Tramper

A certain thrill comes with completing a trip you’ve eyed up for decades. For me, this was the Ball Pass Crossing.

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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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Articles - Threshold - Elke and Gottlieb on Aoraki Mount Cook in 1998

Threshold

A Father and Daughter Ascent of Aoraki / Mount Cook

At just 14 years old, Elke stood on the summit of Aoraki / Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak, beside her father, IFMGA mountain guide…

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