Aspiring
October 31 - November 03 2003

  • Flying In
    Mt Aspiring as viewed from the helicopter during the flight in. South West Ridge in the middle and Breakaway being the snow ramp off the glacier slightly down…
  • Flying In
    North West Ridge running from the centre to the lower left of the photo. Ascended this ridge the following day. You can see the weather front is starting to…
  • Flying In
    Just before landing. The cloud cover is not as bad as the photo suggests.
  • Summit Day
    Arrived at the hut. A 2 hour hike from the helicopter drop-off point. Starting to cloud-in. Mt Aspiring behind me.
  • Summit Day
    On our way to the Summit. Perfect day. My Guide - Dave - in the photo.
  • Summit
    Stephen on top of Mt Aspiring. Bitterly cold and high winds at this moment, although this can not be seen on the photo.