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NZ - East Face of Pope's Nose 21-Sep-2012 At 12:19:57 PM PThomson

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G'day Brendan,

Yup, you're right about the chopper access. Just checked with some NZ colleagues to verify it. That does indeed make getting to the base a mission... Though not impossible. It also seems that from all reports these two routes really HAVEN'T had a recorded repeat ascent.

As to my alpine climbing... Well I've climbed a fair bit in NZ (done cook and the surrounding peaks, except for Tasman), and in Russia, and just got back from a month in Kyrgyzstan... Other than that, I've only climbed Blue Lake ice a few years ago. I'm fast on rock and mixed climbing, and no worries with snow or glacier travel. My weakness is just steep ice, because I haven't had much opportunity to practice on it. My plan is to go back to NZ for 2 weeks maybe in december and try and focus on some technical alpine climbing, preferably something obscure (though I still haven't done aspiring yet, so I might try and blast up that one as well). Not too sure who I'll be climbing with at the moment.

What are your plans, mate?