New Zealand, all expenses paid

[runnerwannabe]

I am looking for a guide/teacher/partner for a New Zealand trip. Trip is to start around Nov 20th and to last for ~4 weeks. You will be back home for Christmas to tell the stories.

Below is the preliminary climbing plan and a few things about me. On this trip I will cover your NZ Airline fair, all hotel accommodations, all mountain hut fees, and all helicopter/plane access to the mountain huts. You pay for your food and beer (drinking beer is a must).

You need to be a very experienced climber in good physical shape. You need to be willing to teach me what I need to know and you need to be comfortable with a relatively inexperienced climber on the other end of the rope.

E-mail me at runnerwannabe@verizon.net if you are interested.

I have climbed Mt Rainier, Mt Shasta, Mt Hood (a dozen of times), Mt Adams, Sisters

I am 39 and in exceptional physical shape (~14 hours of training a week in cycling, running, swimming, weight lifting).

I top-rope 5.11 routes in a gym and 5:10 outside.

 

However, I have very limited experience on technical ice/snow routes and that is what I would like to learn in New Zealand.

 

Total trip: ~3.5 weeks. Some weather contingency time is built in

 

New Zealand, South Island

Base out of MT COOK VILLAGE.

 

Three trips into the mountains. Each trip by plane or helicopter to reach the corresponding hut.

 

Trip 1, ~8 days

1) Helicopter ride to Kelman Hut or Tasman Saddle Hut.

2) Climb Mount Elie de Beaumont, return back to the hut

3) Climb Mount Hochstetter Dome, return back to the hut

4) A day of rest

5) Climb mount Green, return back to the hut

6) Helicopter ride back to Mt Cook Village

 

Spend 2 nights in Mt Cook village and head back into the mountains

 

Trip 2, ~6 days

 

1) Helicopter ride to Plateau Hut.

2) Climb Mount Dixon, return back to the hut

3) A day of rest

4) Climb Mount Cook, return back to the hut

5) Helicopter ride back to Mt Cook Village

 

Spend 2 nights in Mt Cook Village and head back into the mountains

 

Trip 3, ~4 days

 

1) Helicopter ride to Pioneer Hut.

2) Climb Mount Tasman - Torres Peak traverse, return back to the hut

3) Helicopter ride back to Mt Cook Village

 

[tvashtarkatena]

That's better.