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climbing/mountaineering project 18-Mar-2010 At 8:51:39 PM sleake

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Guess you had a great time in NZ :)

Sounds like a great plan, but if mountains are your final goal, then can i suggest throwing these couple of routines into your plans, I have found them to be the closest way of mimicing climbing in the real hills while staying here in Oz.

1) Do looooong 1 day bushwalks with a 10kgish pack. Talking any distance that takes you 20 or more hours to do, this is the sort of effort you would expect on a moderate route on a 3000m NZ peak - Linda on cook, Nth Shoulder on tasman, slow day on Aspiring, if you do any amount of pitching then 20 hours return would be a good time for many of these, Get used to being physically trashed but still having to keep it together mentally.

2) Trad climb EASY routes (>10) in your big boots, get used to not being able to smear or jam very well.

3) Intstead of pitching, practice simulclimbing on even easier routes, Tiptoe ridge etc. You will move MUCH faster with a greater level of safety than just soloing, and is a very handy skill to have in the mountains, West ridge of Malte Brun for example.

4) Practice DOWNclimbing - very handy skill to have, saves getting the rope out for a 3 meter rap down a tiny rock step or shround

5) And if you want to climb in NZ, get used to climbing on CHOSS. Being able to waltz up taipan wall will not do you much good when every hold is falling off down past your ears on some heinous stretch of rock leading to the summit.

Ill be in NZ over winter and again in summer for a few months, feel free to hit me up if your over there and want to do a mission.