Thursday, January 17, 2008

The Darrans

Where???

Most people know the land marks of Milford sounds and even hommer tunnel in NZ but few would know where the Darran Mountains are.

The Darrans mountains are a steep galaciated rock range that run from Milford sound in the west to the Hollyford in the east and have some of the most stunning and adventurous rock climbing in Australasia.

I managed to get down there last week for 4 days with my friend David to sample some of the Alpine Rock climbing on the Barrier Knob.

The access alone proved to be an adventure in it self and the climbing was stunning. The route was called Endless Summer and was on a sheer 250m cliff near the summit of Barrier Knob at about 1800m.

Fortunatally we were blessed with exceptional weather.





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