Mt Aspiring in a day
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- čas přidán 1. 03. 2020
- Running up and down Mt Aspiring/Tititea (3033m) with Alastair McDowell, Rose Pearson & Hamish Fleming, trailpine style.
Nearing the end of summer, Mt Aspiring, one of the most beautiful of NZ's 3000m peaks, is all but bare of snow. This makes for ideal conditions to take it on in a lightweight style. Crampons weren't even needed for the whole ascent!
Each of us had previously climbed the NW ridge over 3-4 days staying in the huts and carrying large packs. Stripping away all but the bare essentials for a day trip made for an exhilarating fast-paced day out and a completely different experience.
Once we realised that it might be possible to go under 12 hours... the race was on!
Strava / GPX track: / strava - Sport
Amazing ! I know how hard and dangerous to climb Mt. Aspiring . Well done ^^
Well done, you guys and thanks for sharing. Such an achievement time wise.
Walked into Aspiring Hut in September 2023, reliving an early 1970s walk from Glenorchy via the Dart Rees Matukituki rivers to the old Aspiring Hut and up to Colin Todd Hut unreadiness for an ascent. Fascinating to see the lie of the land these days, especially with so little snow and ice.
This is inspiring, no other words wow
Wow well done guys, amazing
Crazy SOBs ! Well done. Massive effort.
This is brilliant! Didn't realise you could smash that in a day! Great work, might have to have a go at it myself next season.
Stunning work!
Thanks Ben!
Great job guys! I've never heard such a word as "Trailpinism" but from now on I'll ascribe it among my all-time favourites ;) I really think this "trail-approach" to high peaks will open up some incredible possibilities in the near future! Too bad to see glaciers covered with ashes and suffering the heat in that way though... As far as I remember climbing Aspiring was involving a lot of snowy ridges and snow fields...
We didn't come up with the word, but it sure describes it well. Running approach definitely makes those distant peaks feel a little closer!
A nightmare for mountain rescuers!
Great! I really like the light way of alpinism.
Congratulations and great Push.
Thanks mate! yes light alpinism is just a lot of fun! (when done with the right conditions & experience of course...)
That was nice guys. Watching from the UK I felt the boundless joy at being able to choose the mountain let alone trot up it. Awesome. Mark
thanks Mark, hopefully the Alps open up for you soon!
@@NewZealandAlpineTeam Well, I have the Pyranees in my sites. Peace.
Very impressive team! What's your advice for tackling the waterfall slabs up Bevan col? I took the middle path and found it pretty spicy but I've recently heard there's some abseil bolts on the ridge.
Hi Nathan, I'd recommend staying low down on the slabs, just above the creek in the gut. The scrambling is pretty easy going down low. Check out strava GPX track in description. Alastair
Awesome! do you have the GPX file of this track? I'd love to see the path if possible
Here you go: www.strava.com/activities/3146476479
What a push! Didn’t realise it could be done so light. Was this done over the weekend during the super nice weather? 1st March? Well done guys. Very well done.
Yes this was on March 1st. Perfect weather up there :-)
Awesome guy's 😁😁😎
Can you tell me which track did you guy's went ????
West Matukituki valley to Bevan Col, NW ridge, descent via Kangaroo Patch. See GPS trace in linked strava post in description
Nice one, you all must be fit lol
Thanks sprucemoose3000, yes running long distances takes a lot of training. All the best for your training!
Amazing effort! Did you use your crampons contraptions on the way up? Or just use to speed up the down? Thanks
Cheers Olly! You guessed right, it was such dry conditions on the ridge we didn't use them at all on the way up. The glacier crossing was flat so they weren't needed there, and it was dry rock to the top. Earlier in the season until around mid-Feb its usually snow on the top 500m of the ridge. We could have done the whole trip without any snow equipment, but since we had them we took what is called the Kangaroo patch snowfield off the ridge as a quick shortcut on descent. It would have been slower that way on the ascent however.
@@NewZealandAlpineTeam Thanks for the reply. Was up there on Thursday in similar conditions. Some early morning mist made the Bevan Col Waterfall slabs pretty slick apart from that it was smooth sailing until just above Colin Todd. I asked a couple questions via Instagram. Don't know who runs the page but if you get a free minute i'd love some advice on the section above Colin Todd? Cheers
How were the carbon fibre foot pate additions to the crampons?
They worked well, but the material was quite brittle so they can break easily. A design to be improved!
Perhaps you could sandwich some plastic below the carbon fibre to make it more durable? Would also act as a bit of anti-balling plate.