Top tree climbers selected
Arborists Nicky Ward-Allen, of Eltham, and James Kilpatrick, of Tauranga, will join Asia Pacific champion Scott Forrest in representing New Zealand at the International Tree Climbing Championship...
View ArticleCritically injured woman rescued from glacier
A Wellington man has helped carry a critically injured woman off a South Island glacier after she broke both her legs. In an exhausting effort, the man and a male climbing colleague carried the injured...
View ArticleClimbers seek to reopen crags
TROY MATTINGLEY ACCEPTABLE RISKS: Climbers are keen to get back on sites around Canterbury. Christchurch crag-hunters are travelling further afield to get their rock-climbing fix, reigniting old-school...
View ArticleGlacier fall victim wakes from coma
Heather Rhodes, 36, was rescued from the South Island Arrowsmith Range glacier. A woman who fell 300m down a glacier in the Southern Alps last week has woken up from her coma. Heather Rhodes, 36, was...
View ArticleKiwi Villumsen heads Festive of Cycling field
World Championship multi medallist Linda Villumsen headlines a strong woman’s field in this weekend’s Benchmark Homes Festival of Cycling that features the 90 kilometre Waipara Classic road race on...
View ArticleCycling: Bauer enters national champs
Jack Bauer‘s one of four World Tour riders to enter next month’s national road cycling championships in Christchurch, despite an increasingly taxing season. Bauer says he raced for 10 months in 2013,...
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