Backcountry Skiing in New Zealand
Luke Frisken
The aim was simple: do an avalanche course, and practice what we learned.
This was to be my first trip to New Zealand in winter, and as such I
didn't really know what to expect in terms of weather …
Blue Mountains Canyoning
This Easter, I made the long car drive journey up to New South Whales to
join in the annual pilgrimage to go canyoning in the Blue Mountains.
With four drivers in the car, driving for 10 hours wasn…
Mountaineering Round 2
A follow up mountaineering trip to New Zealand, given the success of the
previous season, was always going to be on the cards. Five of us flew
over near the new year for 2016, for a couple of weeks…
Sphinx For Documenting Java Projects
Last year I had the pleasure of using Sphinx for documenting my final
year software project
at university. The project was primarily jav…
Frenchman's Cap
With the Christmas/New Year period shutdown at work, there was a scramble
to find something interesting to do. Luckily some good friends were
already off to Tasmania to go hiking, and had a spare s…
Little River Gorge
Returning to Little River Gorge was an exciting prospect. Aparently
Little River Gorge is Victoria's deepest gorge. A fair way North-East of
Buchan, it is one of the more remote areas of Victoria. …
Mountaineering Course
Absolutely no regrets choosing to do a mountaineering course before
heading into the hills independently. The course run in 2014 by Stuart
Hollaway for MUMC members was a once in a lifetime, unforg…
MUMC and Mountaineering
A bored engineering student watching videos on his computer during summer
break experienced that phenomenon so often attributed to wasting time on
the YouTube website. One minute I was learning how…
Werribee Gorge
Werribee Gorge, and specifically Falcon's Lookout is a popular walking
and climbing location close to Melbourne. I recently went back there for
a day with some friends, we had an absolute blast. If…
Night Appeal
My torch flickers, and then goes out. Halfway through the second pitch,
I call out below something to make my belayer worried. Stopping to take
stock, behind me are yells and hoots, a couch burning…