Now in its 14th year, the Reel Rock Film Tour is one of climbing's greatest celebrations, returns this fall with a new collection of world premiere films...
Di will share her stories on returning to climbing after breaking her back. Join us to hear Di's epic tales of:
ice climbing
ski crashing in Norway
trying to invent better footbrace solutions for her partly paralysed leg
competing as a NZ para-climber
Please note slightly different meeting location ('Cross Bar' next door to Dominion Bar, opposite Countdown)
Venue: Cross Bar (adjacent to The Dominion, opposite Countdown)
Date: Monday, 18 November
Commencing: 7:00pm sharp
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/464676727736737/
Non-members please join NZAC today or bring a donation
Please support the venue (who supports us!) by purchasing food/beverage
The Auckland section will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday the 30th of September, 2019 upstairs at The Dominion, in Mt Eden.
Consequently, there will be no monthly meeting for the month of October.
Please come along to hear Elliot Smith share his epic ski mountaineering trip in the Rasht Valley of Tajikistan feat. Elliot Smith, Ryan Taylor, Pete Biskind and William Saunders.
Elliot will cover the achievements of the expedition, some discussion around risk management for small party expedition skiing and unlocking some of the beta for those interested in skiing in central Asia, and Tajikistan especially.
Spectacular moving and still imagery of the expedition will be shared on our crisp 1080p projection equipment..
Venue: upstairs at The Dominion Bar
Date: Monday, 9 September
Commencing: 7:00pm sharp
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1621499294653258/
Non-members please join NZAC today or bring a donation
Please support the venue (who supports us!) by purchasing food/beverage
Please join us to hear NZAC legend (long-time member, past Chairman, Instructor and everything in between) Magnus Hammarsal share epic stories of ski touring across New Zealand and Japan.
Venue: upstairs at The Dominion Bar
Date: Monday, 12 August
Commencing: 7:00pm sharp
Event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/703876863385958/
Non-members please join NZAC or bring a donation
Please support the venue (who supports us!) by purchasing food/beverage
Jumping on a weather window last August Lindsay soloed Mt Tutoko and did the first snowboard descent of the South face, in a day that turned into a bit of an epic.
Join us for Q & A with Olympic hopeful Sarah Hays followed by social climbing at Northern Rocks climbing centre.
Come and hear from Auckland climbers Ant Stead and Michael Pavitt on their mountaineering journey.
Starting with Snowcraft, huge packs, long ice axes and many lessons learned on Mt Ruapehu.
Progressing to easier South Island peaks, shorter axes, ropes and more learning. Finally committing to Aoraki/Mt Cook.
Please join us on Monday 10th December. Our speaker Dr Lorne Roberts will speak to us about The Plight of the Kea – Clown of the Mountains.
We hope you can join us at our next monthly meeting on 12th November at 7:30pm.
Rob Frost will talk about writing the guide, the new grading system, and would love to answer some questions.
Gold cold donation appreciated from non-members. See you there.
Michael Gill is an accomplished author, climber and cameraman. Hear about his climbing adventures - many shared with Sir Edmund Hillary.
Gold coin donation appreciated from any non-members attending.
Climbing Granny is a 68 year old Woman Climber who loves a good adventure and lives life to the fullest.
Dunedin author and climber Paul Hersey will talk about the many failures (and few successes) he has had in the mountains, as well as the opportunities they have provided him with.
He will also talk about his latest book ‘To The Mountains’ and will have copies for sale for the discounted price of $40 (cash sales only!)
Socialising upstairs at The Dominion from 7pm.
If you are a not a member of NZAC we ask for a gold coin donation.
Matt Bennett is well known in the NZ mounatineering world. He regularly instructs our NZ Alpine Club instructors, equipping them with skills and knowledge to pass on to SnowCraft students.
Please come along and listen to his exciting, adventurous stories. We promise you will learn a thing or two from a great mountaineer.
Our speaker this month will be John Palmer our Club President.
Our next meeting will be held on Monday 9th April, upstairs at the Dominion Bar, 234 Dominion Road, Mt Eden at 7:30 pm (socialise from 7 pm). Our speaker this month will be Jane Morris from Mt Cook. She will be speaking about the Classic Climb in the Mount Cook National Park.
Grab a drink or even dinner as you head in to hear about some fantastic routes! We look forward to seeing you there.
A gold coin donation is appreciated from non club members.
Presented by Anthony D'Loisio - Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Climber and Adventurer.
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated
Marcus has spent a lifetime exploring New Zealand's underground wilderness and is at the forefront of exploration in New Zealand's longest cave system - Bulmer Cavern. Hear his tales at our next club night.
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated
At our Club Meeting this December, Callan Cooper and Meghan Walker share their story about a 3 month climbing and van-dwelling road trip across the West Coast of North America. They started in the snowy peaks of British Columbia's Bugboos and ended with the granite monoliths of Yosemite. Come along to learn more.
Gold coin donation from non-members appreciated.
November club night is a movie takeover.
"After attempting but failing to summit Meru in 2008, Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk return to the mountain in order to conquer its peak – a 4,000 foot wall known as the "Shark's Fin". As they climb, the men also document their ascent."
View the trailer:
Penny Webster is an amateur mountaineer who recently completed ascents of all New Zealand’s 3000m mountains. She is one of a dozen kiwis who have achieved the 3000m peak challenge since its conception in the early 1950’s.
Penny will be speaking about her life as mountaineer with a focus on the climbs from Empress Hut in 2016, and a historical perspective on other climbers who have embarked on climbing all New Zealand’s highest mountains.
Anthony Powell has just spent his tenth winter over in Antarctica.
He worked for many years as a telecommunications engineer before becoming a full-time filmmaker and photographer. He had to design and build a lot of his own camera equipment to withstand the harsh conditions of the deep Antarctic winters. He made the international award-winning film "Antarctica: A Year on Ice" and has contributed footage to numerous films, TV shows, and exhibitions. These include National Geographic, Discovery, US Natural History Museum, and the Emmy Award winning BBC series Frozen Planet.
Anthony will talk about his experiences living in Antarctica, how the bases have evolved over time, and his own personal journey to becoming a full-time filmmaker
Henry will speak to the Auckland section of the NZAC on current snow safety and avalanche awareness techniques.
Henry has been managing safety in the outdoor environment for over 20 years. Winters have involved working as a snow safety officer for Whakapapa Ski Area and patrol supervisor. Henry teaches a variety of emergency management courses from first aid to prehospital emergency care. Henry is Avalanche Stage 2 qualified and he directs the Avalanche Stage 1 courses in the North Island.
Please join us for some life saving information.
100 days, about 1000 kms, about 50,000 metres of elevation - Allan Brent
I was born and raised in Dunedin and spent all of my childhood holidays in Wanaka or across Otago. In time this took me into the mountains of the Matukituki where my dad and uncle taught me to climb in the Alpine the old way: through a long apprenticeship building in difficulty and complexity.
I attended Otago University where I got into the hills a lot, but not enough. On finishing university, I shifted to Auckland and lived in Mount Eden. I hit the Quarry hard and learned to lead some hard trad, thanks to some wonderful members of the NZAC Auckland Section. That was 2012/2013. In the years since then, my work as a solicitor has seen me move to Wellington for a further two years, where seeing my home of the South Island every day was eventually too much. I moved to Christchurch in 2015 and get out regularly.
We decided to give a South Island Traverse a go at new year 2015/2016, and spent 2016 planning it. From June to departure in November the trip required almost full-time dedication outside of work, either in research, food preparation or training.
The trip was just over 100 days, about 1000 kms, about 50,000 metres of height gain and loss, and surprisingly, only a few kilograms lost. The weather was rubbish, but made the trip no less special.
Inspired by the adventures of Sir Edmund Hillary on Mt Everest and in the Antarctic, Peter has been climbing on rock and in the mountains for over 40 years. He has achieved a number of first ascents in the Himalaya and in the New Zealand Alps. In recent years Peter has summited both Mt Everest and Mt Denali, and he continues to climb professionally and personally.
Peter is a registered Pharmacist but currently works as a Health and Safety Auditor for the NZ Adventure Activity industry as well as instructing and guiding in both rock and alpine disciplines. He is a past President and long serving member of the New Zealand Alpine Club. He currently coordinates the NZAC climbing and instruction programmes.
Peter has a passion for people, the outdoors, and the mountains in particular, and loves to introduce others to the challenges of mountaineering by sharing his enthusiasm, knowledge and skills.
Sarah Hay is a rock climber from the North Island. She is the current national champion in both lead climbing and bouldering and has experienced success internationally placing second in the 2016 Australian Bouldering championships. Sarah can be found regularly climbing at crags throughout NZ and coaches some of Auckland's young climbing athletes. She sits on the NZAC Climbing Committee, the Auckland Sport Climbing Club, Climbing New Zealand committee and represents New Zealand on the Oceania Climbing Council.
Sarah is supported by Rab Equipment, Outfitters Newmarket, Lowe Alpine and Friction Labs climbing chalk.
7:30 PM at the Dominion
If you have ever seen a documentary on Antarctica you have no doubt wondered: how do I get there? Since returning in February to New Zealand from a climbing trip to the Antarctic Peninsula I have been wondering: how do I get back?
The endlessly glaciated peaks and valleys, the inky ocean teeming with wildlife, these are what make the Antarctic Peninsula a climbing destination like no other. I was fortunate enough to have been selected as a member of the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust's Inspiring Explorers Team in 2017. At the March meeting I'll be talking about our ascent of Mt Scott and the diverse possibilities for adventure presented by the Antarctic Peninsula
Rose grew up listening to (tall) tales of past tramping exploits in the fiordland area from her parents and their Otago tramping and mountaineering club friends. Upon heading to Christchurch, however, she lost her way among the boulder mats and 2m problems of Castle Hill. Fortunately, this interest in climbing quickly turned to trad, and a few transalpine tramping trips soon lead her to mountaineering. She prefers technical climbing and has been seeking out long technical alpine routes wherever she can for the last several years
Although currently based in the UK, Rose began her mountaineering career with snow and alpine rock ascents around Arthurs Pass (Rolleston and Mt Temple), South Canterbury (Cloudy peak), Aoraki Region (The Nuns Veil), Aspiring Region (NW Ridge of Mt Aspiring), before a quick introduction to mixed and ice climbing at the 2013 Darrens Winter Meet. She then headed north for a three to four year stint in the U.K. where she has taken advantage of the proximity of Scotland and the European Alps. Scotland has provided her with plenty of alpine ice and mixed climbed with difficulties through Scottish VI/VII 6/7, while the European Alps have been her introduction to long (1000+vm) multi-day technical alpine rock and mixed routes climbed over 1 to 3 day periods in winter and summer in the TD+ to ED range.
In 2015 a winter trip to Canada saw her round out her winter climbing experience with three weeks of ice climbing up to WI5/WI5+ in and around the ice field parkways. In 2016 Rose participated in the New Zealand Alpine Team Expedition to the Cordillera Blanca Range in Peru. Here she was finally able to put her experiences from NZ, Canada, Scotland and the European Alps together on virgin ground as part of the first ascent team of the West Ridge of Taulliraju. The ascent was made over four days in light alpine style and include difficulties up to 5.8, AI5 and M4.
Come along to hear about three New Zealanders having a wild adventure on the tiny, wacky, wonderful Faroe Islands. See photos and video from the preparation and ascent of a new, challenging climb straight out of the sea.
7:30pm Monday 14 November 2016 'The Dominion Bar'
234 Dominion Road, Mt Eden.
