New routes or old classics

February 2012

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February 2012

There's plenty of new ice still to climb in the Hopkins Valley. Photo: Paul Hersey
The risk of foregoing a guaranteed climb by seeking out new routes can be rewarded with the founding of a classic. What’s better: to seek out the vague possibilities of new tramping and climbing areas or stick to the reliability of the tried and true? Whatever the choice of activity, this conundrum dictates the kind […]
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