The New Zealand Southern Alps were a spectacular arena for an expedition. Team member, Alastair McDowell & Hamish Fleming felt this trip was just as satisfying as those he has experienced in far-flung places such as Patagonia, Peru or Alaska

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A Three Week Ski Traverse The great virus of 2020 dealt a sweeping blow to anyone planning an overseas expedition. With our plans to travel to the Himalaya cancelled, the lockdown forced us to consider how we could exert an expedition-scale effort here in our backyard, the Southern Alps.

Kayaking around Stewart Island It’s big, really big. The wind is beating us down, 40 knots of bitterly cold Southerly right in the face. Massive rollers moving in from the South-West smashing our laden boats around, before crashing into the West Coast bluffs and refracting back, creating a turmoiled mess of water.

Multisport World Champion Dougal Allan is a professional endurance athlete and competes in adventure races, Multisport, and long course triathlons around the world. He also holds an honours degree in Physical Education and works as a Professional Endurance Coach.

New Zealand Alpine Team The New Zealand Alpine Team is an initiative of the Expedition Climbers Club that represents a new concept for climbing in this country.

XTERRA Rotorua Festival XTERRA Rotorua Local Favourite Sam Osborne won both the XTERRA Rotorua and Asia-Pacific Tour in 2017 and 2018, with a 3rd place finish at XTERRA world championships