Tag: mountain guide
Tag: mountain guide
Features and editorials about Alpine Recreation and our adventures.
The Unlikely Mountaineer
Building Fitness from the Ground Up
Adventure Magazine The rock shifted under my boot.
It was May 2024. I was suspended on my first ever abseil, halfway down a cliff in the Southern Alps, somewhere…
Erewhon Awakening
Five Days of Ski Touring in the Heart of the Rangitata
Adventure MagazineWe meet in the warm, timbered lounge of Mt Potts Lodge as a southerly storm slaps against the windows.
Published: 21 Jul 2025
Pushing Limits and Finding Joy in the New Zealand Alps
Test Your Limits 2024 - New Zealand expedition
When you sign on to guide a trip like Test Your Limits, you know it’s going to be something special.
Published: 20 Dec 2024
Ball Pass Crossing
Why going guided won’t cramp on your style
Front Country TramperA certain thrill comes with completing a trip you’ve eyed up for decades. For me, this was the Ball Pass Crossing.
Daring to be Lydia
Empowering women ski‑touring in New Zealand’s Southern Alps
Mazamas MagazineThirty years ago this October, something extraordinary happened.
Can a Tramper Climb Mt Cook?
Wilderness MagazineWhat would it take for a tramper of average fitness to propel themselves to the top of New Zealand's highest summit?
Keeping the spirit of youth alive
Two Mountain Ascents for Seniors
On the 20th of October 68-year-old Graeme Donovan stood atop Lendenfeld Peak (3194m) and fulfilled a long-held dream of climbing a mountain over 3000m or 10,000ft.
Published: 10 Dec 2014
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 double…
Above Worry Level
Mid-winter ascents of Elie de Beaumont and Mount Tasman
A gripping account of two high alpine winter ascents in New Zealand’s Southern Alps — Elie de Beaumont and Mount Tasman — made during a perfect…