Those climbers interested in Fiordland will be aware that the Darran Mountains (2006) guidebook by...
Reminder of the New Zealand Alpine Club AGM
Friday 28th October 2022
Doors open 6.30pm...
Aspiring Hut is owned by NZAC and managed by Department of Conservation (DOC) under the...
Nank has crossed the Main Divide for the last time. He will be relieved —...
A lot of climbing protection systems have some built in redundancy, but it is important...
Anybody with more than a passing interest in New Zealand rock climbing should know a...
Wānaka remains one of the most active areas in New Zealand for rock climbing, with...
By Jane Morris
Photo by Geoff Spearpoint
Here’s something that would be great to...
By Christina Rivett
Back in March 2019 extreme flooding from a storm had washed away...
It is one of those cold, dark nights you read about, when things go awry. ...
The short film Link Sar, directed by Graham Zimmerman, is now available via EpicTV...
UKC have published a piece written by Charlie Creese in remembrance of Athol Whimp, one...
Competition climbing has just appeared in the Olympic Games for the first time and by...
Following up from the introductory article Rock Shoes 101, today I’ll discuss the idea of...
New Zealand Alpine Club have now published our new Ōhau–Landsborough Alps guidebook. This 216-page guidebook...
Some members may not be aware that New Zealand Alpine Club holds an extensive library...
In The Climber issue #72 (winter, 2010) a feature ran with six of the last...
In The Climber issue #72 (winter, 2010) a feature ran with six of the last...
By Richard Waldin, President, Climbing New Zealand.
As we head into 2021, it is difficult...
By James Broadbent
The Vertical World is an incredibly diverse one. It’s outdoors and indoors...
I don’t get out enough. I imagine that’s not an uncommon state of affairs, but...
Rach ‘the Mus’ Musgrave is arguably one of New Zealand’s most enduring hard climbers. Despite...
‘Aerobics for the 90s’ is how rock climbing was described in a magazine article promoting...
Throwback Thursdays will reproduce features which have appeared in past issues of The Climber magazine...