Mt Loyd

I have been living in South Island for 5 months now. The first alpine mission I went on was climbing Mt Loyd in Ben Ohau Range with Asher back in March. I think we did something like 9 pitches and few pitches of simuclimbing to climb the central buttress, the crux was up to rock grade 17. My first grade 4 and had a good taste of what Southern Alp has to offer in summer.

The walk-in into Freds Stream

Asher gets ready for the first pitch

Some knife blade

Central Butress of Mt Loyd in its full glory

Photos by Asher March