Text taken from the club newsletter.
Brief Review:
Bad weather at higher altitudes and bad snow conditions over Xmas resulted in few good snow and ice climbs being done, with a resultant emphasis on hard rock routes. Although there were no accidents within the club membership, this season several members were involved in the rescuing of injured and fatally injured climbers.
A general list of ascents follows:
- Nelson Lakes: Mt Hopeless - Lindsay Dudfield and Barry Biggs.
- Mt Cook District: Mt Haast - Warwick Attewell and Barry Biggs. Mt Alack - Attewell and Biggs.
- Mt Aspiring Region: Aspiring - Geoff Brown and Richard Usher; Stephen Lewis, Paul Stephens, John Persson, Ross Leggett. Rolling Pin - Geoff Brown and Richard Usher; Lewis, Stephens, Persson, Leggett. Skyscraper - Brown and Usher. Earnslaw - Neil Woodrow, John Shorland.
- Darrans: Talbot - John McMillan, Geoff Brown. Moirs Mate - Brown. Labre - Brown. Labre new route - Rob Aitken. Moir new route - Barry Biggs. Barrier - Stephen Lewis, Rob Aitken, Geoff Brown. Marcar - Aitken and Brown.