Erica Gatland has been a big player in the Aotearoa New Zealand bouldering scene since she was 12 yrs old and started competing in NIBS, a competition she went on to win seven or eight times in a row (she can’t remember exactly how many). Then in 2018, with an ascent of Moby Dick (V12) at Flock Hill, she cemented her place as perhaps Aotearoa New Zealand’s GOAT female boulderer—both indoors and outdoors.
Twenty-five years—a quarter of a century. That’s how long it’s taken for a new guidebook to Dunedin’s crags to arrive. But it has been worth waiting for; it is amazing.
George Sanders has made the first ascent of a new hard boulder in Turakirae Head's...
The Zodiac 3R is an excellent helmet and one that is easy to recommend to...
American Brooke Raboutou has made the third ascent of Excalibur (9b+/38) in Drena, Italy. She...
As much as a rock meet it's always mountain appreciation time, meeting with old and...
NZAC's previous guidebook to the area dates back to 2006 and has been long out...
While the south-west of the South Island suffers in drought-like conditions, an unusually dry Darrans...
Climbing in the Darran mountains sounded like something people like me didn't do.
For the first time since 1991, Petzl have released an auto-locking sport climbing belay device...