Mt Footstool

Before we climbed Mt Cook in 2008 we went up Mt Footstool as a warm-up trip. The East Ridge was broken when we were up there so we went up Northeast Ridge from Sefton Bivy. The glaciers had good freeze overnight so we cruised up, boot skied down and back at village for a jug in the afternoon. Fun!

Setup an abseil to rap onto Eugenie Glacier

Just another bloody beautiful sunrise

Mt Cook from Hooker Valley

Summit time! With Mt Sefton at background

Photos by Asher March

Mt Cook at last!

In a perfect day of December 2008, Ed, Asher, Ivan and I finally climbed Mt Cook via Linda Glacier. We started the climb at 1 am and took us 15 hours back to Plateau Hut. Snow condition was perfect and each one of us had a blast! We walked out via Cinerama Col the day after.

Mt Cook from Grand Plateau

Tackling Summit Rock

Cruising up the ridge, Tasman Glacier and Grand Plateau behind

Summit time!

The team

Photos by Asher March, Edwin Sheppard, Brendan Maggs