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| Jono solos up the exposed and classic SW Ridge |
Jono solos towards the rock on the SW Ridge |
Jono sets up the belay in a small ice cave below the final ice pitches of the SW Ridge |
Jono seconds the first roped pitch on the SW Ridge |
Jono on the bullet hard ice of the summit gully. |
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| Jono leads the last pitch before the summit. |
Neil on the last section before the summit of Mt Aspiring |
Neil on the summit of Mt Aspiring (3030m) |
Jono on the summit of Mt Aspiring (3030m) |
Glacier views north from the summit of Aspiring |
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| Scree slope on the NW Ridge of Aspiring |
Jono raps down from the NW ridge of Aspiring on the descent |
Jono and tent campsite |
Jono solos a nice vertical 'shrund near camp |
Neil trusts ice screws as he raps into the ice cave |
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| Jono raps into a cool ice cave paradise |
Neil finds the physical end of the ice cave |
Jono peers down into the depths of the ice cave |
Neil at the end of the first rap into the ice cave |
Jono raps down a snow ramp into the ice cave |