Recipe for a Darrans Winter Climbing Meet

Ingredients
20 climbers
20 pairs of cramp-ons
40 ice tools
Skis and one snowboard
An assortment of screws, pitons, wires and cams


In Homer hut, roughly combine all ingredients. Stir furiously with nationalistic taunts, practical jokes and a good splash of "taking the piss".

When thoroughly melded apply to thin, brittle ice over seamless granite, dusted with powder snow and a smattering of frozen turf. Alternatively, rise to a significant height then either descent rapidly on skis / snowboard or slog your way home via torch-light.

Season at night with the scent of smelly socks drying over the fireplace. Enjoy with gin, single malt or dark ale.


Random Photos
Afternoon alpenglow on Barrier Peak (viewed from the Homer hut balcony):


A class 2 slab avalanche releasing from Mount Talbot, down into MacPherson Cirque:

Steph enjoying the steep and funky second pitch on Gabites-Rogan (photo by Ron Dempster):

Enjoying another perfect day, this time it was lunch on Gertrude Saddle (Milford Sound is in the background):