Mountaineer Doug Ball, ready for Mt Aspiring, aged 79

Checking up on keywords, I came across these 8 youtube creations about alpinism activities by Doug Ball from New Plymouth and Gary Dickson, his IFMGA/UIAGM mountain guide from 2005 until 2009. Those two were all in all on a douzen mountaineering adventures in New Zealand’s Southern Alps as well as the Swiss, French and Italian Alps. On days where climbing in Europea and/or mountaineering in NZ were affected by the weather, they kept busy with technology and smart talks and somewhere along these were made:

– 2 climbs from Centennial hut, Westland National Park, NZ

– climbing from Homer hut, Fiordland Nationl Park, NZ

–climbing the Dossen, central Swiss Alps

– rock climbing on Pierre de Moëlle, near Leysin Switzerland

– a windy day on the Remarkables, near Queenstown, NZ

– climbing in Fiordland, Southern Alps New Zealand

– climbing from Pioneer hut

– climbing from Centennial hut