Mount Rolleston, August 2015
Plugging steps up the Otira Valley the day before our climb, hoping for a freeze overnight
Mount Rolleston - the low peak (2,212m - left) and high peak (2,275m - right), from below Temple Basin at dawn
Mount Rolleston, from below Temple Basin at dawn
Mount Rolleston - with Rome Ridge leading up from the left to the low peak (2,212m); and Goldney Ridge cutting across right, in front of the high peak (2,275m)
Mount Rolleston - with Rome Ridge leading up from the left to the low peak (2,212m); and Goldney Ridge cutting across right, in front of the high peak (2,275m)
The summit of Mount Rolleston, at dawn, from about 1,200m in the Otira Valley
Panorama from east to west, with Phipps Peak at left, Goldney Ridge centre and Mount Rolleston at right, bathed in the first rays of the morning sum
The summit of Mount Rolleston, at dawn, from about 1,200m in the Otira Valley
The Otira Valley, with Phipps Peak (1,965m) dominating the skyline. Further right are Mount Temple (1,913m) and the Blimit (1,921m)
Panorama of the entire Otira Valley, from about 1,300m and what turned out to be our high point for the day, once we realised that the snow had beaten us
It must firm up soon! No - as we got higher it just got deeper
Our turn around point near the head of the Otira Valley. How could we turn back in such beautiful weather? See the next few shots for the answer ...
When a climb becomes a swim - thigh deep and zero base - just hidden boulders, tussock and holes
View east, down the Otira Stream, to Phipps Peak
View east, down the Otira Stream, to Phipps Peak
View east, down the Otira Stream, to Phipps Peak
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