The weekend of July 27-28 was the NZAC Arthur’s pass
meet. So a bunch of us
(Andy, Terra, Myself, Rose, Peter) all headed up to Arthur’s pass to get some
climbing going. Andy Terra and I
could bail on work so we went up the day before to try and climb a bit on
Phillistine. It was kinda a grey
day, and the conditions were absolutely awful because the bottom bluffs were
super low (loose snow covering bluffs).
Basically I got terrified and we ended up bailing.
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| Terra on the approach |
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| Me getting wigged by the conditions |
Second day Rose, Peter and Myself all decided to head up the
Rome Ridge of Rolleston. Because
it starts higher we found perfect conditions and it was a ton of fun. 3:15 wake up. 4:00 start walking. 6:30 put crampons on. 6:45 start walking again. 7ish to 11am cool climbing on frozen bluffs. 11:30 summit. 1:00 decent managed and back to the car. The whole route was
soloable and there were only two interesting sections (steep 60° snice… two
tools nice to have). Beautiful!
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| Sunrise from the Rome Ridge |
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| It was Peter's first time climbing snow... He liked it |
Third day: Rose
decides to leave at midnight to solo muchison in a push(50 km round trip with
1000 m elevation gain)… all accounts that didn’t end super well. Peter decides he’s tired… bails on
climbing. Andy: stoked… Mt Cassidy. Matt + Terra… tired go hang out
up near the headwaters of the bealey river. End of the day Matt Terra and Andy return to CHCH, too late
to eat a pie…
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| Watching the bealy face of Rolliston... a day in itself |
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