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  • Schrund


    Crossing the bergschrund beneath Mt Dixon

  • Moon light


    En route to Mt Dixon, Grand Plateau, Mt Cook NP

  • Cinerama Col


    With the Caroline face of Aoraki Mt Cook

  • Light show


    Mounts Cook and Tasman at dawn

  • Malte Brun


    And range, from Plateau Hut, Mt Cook NP

  • Crossing


    Dodging crevasses on the Grand Plateau, Mt Cook NP

  • Mini rap


    On the south ridge of Mt Travers, Nelson Lakes

  • Travers dawn


    The south ridge of Mt Travers, Nelson Lakes

  • The Apprentice


    Apprentice summit view south and west, Lewis Tops

  • Brass Monkey Biv


    Bottom right, Lewis Tops

  • Mt Somers


    View north and west, Canterbury

  • Summit view


    From Mt Haast, near Lewis Pass

  • Arthur’s Pass


    Viewed from Bealey Spur

  • Yes!


    On top of Mt Brewster (2,515m)

  • Final pitch


    30 metres more to reach the summit of Mt Brewster

  • Aspiring dusk


    Mt Brewster (right) and Top Heavy at sunset, Aspiring National Park

  • Rome Ridge


    Climbing towards Mt Rolleston’s Low Peak, New Zealand

  • Summit


    On the summit of Mt Rolleston, Arthurs Pass

  • Vertical


    Ice climbing above Bush Stream, Mt Cook NP

  • Idyllic


    Dusk view to Mt Kendall, Kahurangi NP, New Zealand

  • Etheral


    Sunset over the Scarlet Range and Mt Herbert, Kahurangi NP

  • Kahurangi


    Biggs Tops view to the Scarlett Range (left), Mt Herbert and Mt Kendall (right)

  • Patriarch


    On the Arthur Range, looking to Mt Patriarch, Kahurangi NP

  • Razor


    At 1,400m on Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, Fiordland

  • Serenity


    Beneath Ball Pass, Aoraki Mt Cook National Park

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    Retreat


    Northeast ridge, Mt Travers, Nelson Lakes

  • Metelille Glacier


    View from the southern edge of Annette Plateau

  • Annette Plateau


    Dawn view to Mts Sefton and Cook

  • In the crux


    Finding a route up Mt Kitchener, Mt Cook National Park

  • Above the blanket


    On top of Mt Sebastopol, looking north to Mt Cook and the Main Divide

  • Traverse Pass


    On the traverse towards Mount Talbot, Darran mountains

  • Mt McPherson


    McPherson summit view north and west, Darran mountains

  • Fiordland


    View northwest from Key Summit to Mt Crosscut, Marian Peak and Mt Lyttle

  • Key Summit


    View west from Key Summit to Mt Suter, Mt Christina and Mt Crosscut, Fiordland

  • Hopeful


    Climbing towards the Quarterdeck, French Ridge


  • French Ridge Hut, Aspiring National Park

  • Glass


    A roadside lake near Omarama

  • Summits ahead


    On Wakefield Ridge, looking north and east, with Aoraki Mount Cook looming above


  • On Wakefield Ridge, looking north west towards the summit, with Mount Sefton and the Footstool at left


  • On Wakefield Ridge, looking at the Sealy Range and Mount Sefton, far right


  • Aoraki Mount Cook, beyond Lake Pukaki at sunset

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    Cloudy Peak


    Cloudy Peak (2,403m), Canterbury high country

  • Darrans drama


    Above Gertrude saddle, Fiordland

  • Into the light


    Above Gertrude Saddle, Fiordland

  • Straddling the ribbon


    On Talbots Ladder, above Homer Tunnel

  • Sentinel


    Mt Rolleston towers above Arthurs Pass

  • Wading


    Deep snow in the Otira Valley, Arthurs Pass

  • Kahurangi curves


    Mount Bell (1,857m), Kahurangi National Park

  • Beyond the labyrinth


    Mount Owen’s limestone, with Mt Bell beyond

  • Rainbow route


    Climbing a new route on Mt Sibbald (2,811m)

  • Reward


    On top of Mt Forbes (2,583m)

  • Boulder hopping


    Approaching Separation Glacier

  • Hogsback


    Impressive weather cloaks Mt Tasman

  • En-route


    On the north-west ridge of Mt Brewster

  • Summit view


    From Mt Armstrong, looking towards Mt Brewster

  • Approach


    Below Brewster Hut on the approach to Mount Brewster

  • Dawn


    Lake Matheson, West Coast

  • Red divide


    View near Pioneer Hut, Southern Alps, NZ

  • Ascending


    Chancellor Dome, West Coast, NZ

  • Kea Point


  • Hooker Glacier


  • Cloud Piercer


    Mt Cook viewed from Lake Pukaki

  • Aoraki


    Viewed from the Hooker River

  • Aoraki Mt Cook


    The classic Hermitage view, NZ


  • Mounts Sefton and Cook

  • Angelus


    Lake and Peak, Nelson Lakes, NZ

  • The classic U


    Milford Sound, NZ

  • Wet


    Milford Sound, NZ

  • The Darrans


    Approaching Talbot’s Ladder, Fiordland, NZ

  • Lake Hayes


    Queenstown, NZ

  • Lake Hayes


    Queenstown, NZ

  • Remarkable


    Lake Wakatipu, viewed from the Remarkables, Queenstown, NZ

  • Dusk


    View towards Glenorchy and Mount Earnslaw

  • Main Divide


    View to the main divide from the top of Ben Lomond

  • Remarkables and more


    From the summit of Ben Lomond, Queenstown, NZ

  • Descent


    From Mueller Hut, Mount Cook National Park

  • Hard to beat


    View northwest above the summit rocks, Mount Cook

  • Mounts Cook, Silberhorn & Tasman


    From Plateau Hut

  • The 3000ers


    Aoraki dominates this view of the main divide, NZ

  • On top


    Chancellor Dome

  • Look west


    From Pioneer Hut, West Coast, NZ

  • Tasman


    And Pioneer Hut

  • Tread with care


    Beneath Mount Tasman on the Fox Neve

  • Dawn sentinels


    View from Esquilant bivvy, Aspiring National Park, NZ

  • Summit view


    From Mount Earnslaw, Aspiring National Park, NZ

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