Tapae-o-oenuku

We climbed this awesome mountain - the highest in NZ outside the Southern Alps - The whole trip took two and a half days - in perfect conditions - baking hot in the down in the river, below zero up in the snow. Now we feel revitalised!!!

Tapae-o-oenuku

It took 11 hours to the summit from the start of the Hodder River in the wild Aorere Valley.
The Hodder is mainly a canyon, then there's alot of scree, then ice.