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.