Snowmelt pools
Overnight hike near Mt Stillwell, Snowy Mountains. A great time of year to go, with snowdrifts still on the ground and no nasty insects.
Oh, the years, they go so fast
Me, May 1971.
Up a mountain in New Zealand
Double Cone at the Remarkables after some ice climbing. I never seem to have my helmet on straight.
Fun with new camera
K at Mt Stromlo, in the burnt-out observatory.
Manteigas, Portugal, after midnight
I love mountains
When we arrived in Milford Sound a couple of years ago, the summer storms caused dozens of waterfalls to erupt from the walls. Later we kayaked past the waterfalls as they cascaded into the water: so much rainwater drains into Milford sound that the water, though open to the ocean, is hardly salty at all.
In July I’m going to one of my favourite places, the south island of New Zealand, with my father and brothers for a boys-bonding week. This time it’ll be winter, and I’m going to try iceclimbing, which sounds like a lot of fun.
Yay for steepness.