Memories
One of the greatest things about digital photography is that the photos are so accessible. I was hunting for some images recently and ran across some photos from an NZ climbing trip. Damien, a school friend and "professional" climber, and I were in NZ to try to get some winter climbing done on the main range in the winter of 2000. However, the snowfall had been heavy and our trip changed focus to skiing. One of the great thing about NZ, cheap choppers! By chance we ran into a friend, Helen a fellow telemarker who I had skied with in Australia. She was in the Cafe in Twizel which is at the turn off to Mount Cook Village. Helen and her boyfriend were in NZ for a couple of months ski bumming and living in a tent near the club field of Ohau. I suggested a ski trip to the West Coast and they were keen. So we drove to Franz Joesph and hired a chopper for a flight to Pioneer Hut and some skiing on the Franz Joseph and Fox Neve Antenna array of Pioneer behind