Mt Aspiring in a day

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Mt Aspiring in a day

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4 жыл бұрын

Running up and down Mt Aspiring/Tititea (3033m) with Alastair McDowell, Rose Pearson & Hamish Fleming, trailpine style.
Nearing the end of summer, Mt Aspiring, one of the most beautiful of NZ's 3000m peaks, is all but bare of snow. This makes for ideal conditions to take it on in a lightweight style. Crampons weren't even needed for the whole ascent!
Each of us had previously climbed the NW ridge over 3-4 days staying in the huts and carrying large packs. Stripping away all but the bare essentials for a day trip made for an exhilarating fast-paced day out and a completely different experience.
Once we realised that it might be possible to go under 12 hours... the race was on!
Strava / GPX track: / strava

Пікірлер: 34

@takashitsuneizumiphotography 2 ай бұрын

Amazing ! I know how hard and dangerous to climb Mt. Aspiring . Well done ^^

@barbaracameron-smith7093 4 ай бұрын

Well done, you guys and thanks for sharing. Such an achievement time wise. Walked into Aspiring Hut in September 2023, reliving an early 1970s walk from Glenorchy via the Dart Rees Matukituki rivers to the old Aspiring Hut and up to Colin Todd Hut unreadiness for an ascent. Fascinating to see the lie of the land these days, especially with so little snow and ice.

@TomWoodwardVideos 2 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! Didn't realise you could smash that in a day! Great work, might have to have a go at it myself next season.

@eduardwilliams1245 9 ай бұрын

Crazy SOBs ! Well done. Massive effort.

@edoardocantoni1616 4 жыл бұрын

Great job guys! I've never heard such a word as "Trailpinism" but from now on I'll ascribe it among my all-time favourites ;) I really think this "trail-approach" to high peaks will open up some incredible possibilities in the near future! Too bad to see glaciers covered with ashes and suffering the heat in that way though... As far as I remember climbing Aspiring was involving a lot of snowy ridges and snow fields...

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 4 жыл бұрын

We didn't come up with the word, but it sure describes it well. Running approach definitely makes those distant peaks feel a little closer!

@pcrutt 2 жыл бұрын

A nightmare for mountain rescuers!

@JohnSmith-oo9mr Жыл бұрын

This is inspiring, no other words wow

@fsrodeo81 Жыл бұрын

Wow well done guys, amazing

@WyeExplorer 2 жыл бұрын

That was nice guys. Watching from the UK I felt the boundless joy at being able to choose the mountain let alone trot up it. Awesome. Mark

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 2 жыл бұрын

thanks Mark, hopefully the Alps open up for you soon!

@WyeExplorer 2 жыл бұрын

@@NewZealandAlpineTeam Well, I have the Pyranees in my sites. Peace.

@CybeRoam65 4 жыл бұрын

Stunning work!

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben!

@AlpineFex 4 жыл бұрын

Great! I really like the light way of alpinism. Congratulations and great Push.

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! yes light alpinism is just a lot of fun! (when done with the right conditions & experience of course...)

@jeffreyward8450 4 жыл бұрын

What a push! Didn’t realise it could be done so light. Was this done over the weekend during the super nice weather? 1st March? Well done guys. Very well done.

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 4 жыл бұрын

Yes this was on March 1st. Perfect weather up there :-)

@nathanhorner3119 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive team! What's your advice for tackling the waterfall slabs up Bevan col? I took the middle path and found it pretty spicy but I've recently heard there's some abseil bolts on the ridge.

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nathan, I'd recommend staying low down on the slabs, just above the creek in the gut. The scrambling is pretty easy going down low. Check out strava GPX track in description. Alastair

@sprucemoose3000 4 жыл бұрын

Nice one, you all must be fit lol

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks sprucemoose3000, yes running long distances takes a lot of training. All the best for your training!

@hikingzone 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome guy's 😁😁😎 Can you tell me which track did you guy's went ????

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 3 жыл бұрын

West Matukituki valley to Bevan Col, NW ridge, descent via Kangaroo Patch. See GPS trace in linked strava post in description

@ollymanson8762 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing effort! Did you use your crampons contraptions on the way up? Or just use to speed up the down? Thanks

@NewZealandAlpineTeam 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Olly! You guessed right, it was such dry conditions on the ridge we didn't use them at all on the way up. The glacier crossing was flat so they weren't needed there, and it was dry rock to the top. Earlier in the season until around mid-Feb its usually snow on the top 500m of the ridge. We could have done the whole trip without any snow equipment, but since we had them we took what is called the Kangaroo patch snowfield off the ridge as a quick shortcut on descent. It would have been slower that way on the ascent however.

@ollymanson8762 4 жыл бұрын

@@NewZealandAlpineTeam Thanks for the reply. Was up there on Thursday in similar conditions. Some early morning mist made the Bevan Col Waterfall slabs pretty slick apart from that it was smooth sailing until just above Colin Todd. I asked a couple questions via Instagram. Don't know who runs the page but if you get a free minute i'd love some advice on the section above Colin Todd? Cheers