Climbing Mount Aspiring South West Ridge, New Zealand

Mt Aspiring via SW ridge from Colin Todd Hut

[@ashtongriffin3555]

Love your vids brother

[@marcelorofer]

Awesome trip and perfect conditions, thanks for sharing!

[@tonylewis5704]

Interesting to see the changes in the glaciers since I climbed (most of the 3000ers) back in the early '70s. Also interesting is the amount of gear you guys use today. Enjoyed your video... thanks.

[@nick_kowalski_film]

I’m very much a novice so I wouldn’t read too much into my gear!

[@judylinkletter9245]

@@nick_kowalski_film Thanks Nick... My most memorable climb in NZ was a South ridge North ridge grande traverse of Mt. Cook - and continuing on to Tasman etc., then off the ridge and down the Fox. The views of the Pacific from the summit of Cook at sunrise were really fantastic... Cheers.

[@Mr10damers]

I'm just happy to watch from home, crazy shit and very beautiful... thanks fellas. Cheers from Canada.

[@BeingLiving]

I actually met that friend of yours with the homemade poles, we were in French ridge hut that night.

[@deang.7483]

nice vid. great footage & sounds to match in the couloir section. got a little bit psyched.

[@Nick_ORourke]

Looks like absolute perfect climbing conditions mate! Planning a trip up there sometime next year, perhaps April/May.

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

Hi Nick, amazing trip. I've been enjoying your videos. After watching your trip up the hooker glacier, I felt inspired, so I packrafted my way up the lake to have a closer look. Cheers mate.

[@nick_kowalski_film]

Ahh cool, we said we needed packrafts for that, horrible walking around the edge!

[@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors]

@@nick_kowalski_film yeah I had wondered how that was. It looked pretty unkind from the packraft. Is that a very common route, the way you guys went? I'd like to go back another time with some friends and proper glacier gear and have a look up the Hooker as well. Thanks again for the inspiration.

[@nick_kowalski_film]

@@JoshuaJohnsonOutdoors yeah as far as I understand you have to do it that way since all the rock slides etc

[@christiandawson5031]

Biking in is such a good idea

[@david.chappers]

great video. shame about the dead battery. where did you get the white julbo explorer 2.0?

[@hikingzone]

Awesome guy's 👍😎

[@bobbynobrain]

Which descent route did you take? Down The Ramp? Thinking of this for October. Many thanks, Jamie

[@nick_kowalski_film]

Hi Jamie, yep we went down the ramp

[@highwayexit]

Did you have to climb back down that steep icy wall?

[@nick_kowalski_film]

No we went down ‘the ramp’ which is another common route

[@mr200mg]

Here's what you do. Ring Alfie Speights, get him to drop you off at the top for a look and some pickies then fly back out, have a Gin.

[@jeepee2678]

What camera did you use. And what is the quality of the video?

[@nick_kowalski_film]

Most of it is GoPro hero8 in 4k

[@gregzor2012]

what time of year did you climb?

[@nick_kowalski_film]

Hi mate, that one was in mid August

[@mikekeen9710]

enjoyed that . just one thing slow the panning down some keep up the good work

[@nick_kowalski_film]

Cheers Mike