Alastair McDowell, Pat Gray – Torres Peak (3160m), Northeast Face – “Southern Traverse” (6, 550m), September 2021. This was the third known ascent of Torres NE face, following a similar line to “God’s Zone” established by Alan Uren and Craig Jefferies in 2004, with a variation on the upper half following a rock buttress to the summit.
Sooji Clarkson, Owen Daniell – Mt Aspiring (3033m), South Face – “Quite Aspirational” (5+, 400m), September 2021. A linkup of several routes, resulting in a direct line on Aspiring’s South Face.
Alastair McDowell, Hamish Fleming – 3000m Peaks Enchainment, November – December 2021. A transalpine journey encompassing the 24 highest peaks above 3000m, including a 3 day bike ride from Aoraki/Mt Cook village to Wanaka to finish on Tititea/Mt Aspiring after 30 days of effort and several storms.
Liam Pyott, Peter Le – Mt Revelation (2716m), Donne Face (22, 600m), Darran Mountains, February 2022. A remote adventure climb in the Central Darrans.
Ruari MacFarlane, Tom Hadley – Pariroa/Castle Mount (2122m), Fiordland – South Rib, February 2022. The first ascent of the South Rib involved 700m/15 pitches of climbing up to grade 17. A real Fiordland adventure climb!
Rose Pearson, Steven Fortune – Kaipo Wall, Darran Mountains – Range Rover Route, February 2022. Rose and Steven followed up the Kaipo Wall ascent with a traverse of Mt Tutoko.
Daniel Joll, Kim Ladiges – integral ascent of “Cascade Notre Dame” into “Dix du Jour” onto the summit of Mont Blanc (4809m) (ED2), April 2022. This was a very long climb starting with 10 ice pitches up to WI6 followed by a long ascent of the SW ridge of Mont Blanc, possibly the first integral ascent of these routes to the summit.
Daniel Joll, Matthew Scholes, Kim Ladiges – Changabang (6864m), India – second ascent of the West Wall, May 2022. This was the second successful ascent of the famous Peter Boardman – Joe Tasker on the West Wall of Changabang climbed 46 years earlier, despite the efforts of more than 20 expeditions.
