A climber at camp on Sheerdown Peak, Cleddau Valley below, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Climber stands on ridge below west face of Sheerdown Peak, Fiordland National Park

Pt 1836 (west of Access Peak), Sheerdown Hills, Fiordland National Park

East Ridge and North Face of Mt Talbot, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Female climber on the Mcpherson - Talbot Traverse, Fiordland National Park

Abseiling into the Donne Valley. Darran Mountains, Fiordland

Tutko and Cleddau Valleys, Deepwater Basin, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Turner's Eyrie, Karetai Peak. East Ridge of Patuki in the background, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

North Face of Te Wera, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

A climber takes in the view from Sheerdown Peak to Sabre Peak, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

West Face of Sheerdown Peak, Fiordland National Park

Access Peak, Cleddau River West Branch, Fiordland National Park

Mount Talbot, Traverse Pass and Gertrude Saddle, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Donne River, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Climber contemplates the icecliff-threatened descent into the Donne Valley beneath Taoka Icefall, Darran Mountains, Fiordland.

Taoka Icefall and Donne Faces of Karetai and Revelation, Donne Valley, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Climbers at Turners Eyrie, Karetai Peak

Mount Patuki, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

South (Donne) Faces of Karetai Peak and Mount Revelation, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Looking into the head of the West Branch Cleddau with Access Peak and Odyssey Peak, Sheerdown Hills, Fiordland National Park

East Faces of Sheerdown Peak, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Photographer on ridge above Lake Adelaide and Moraine Creek, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Climbers walk in front of rock studded snow slope, Donne Valley, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Mount Gifford's complex summit and Adelaide and Sabre Peaks framed by Apirana (1946m). Shot from the Taoka Icefall, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Climbers cross glacier towards Mount Underwood, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

A climbers hands bandaged with tape

North Ridge and East Face of Karetai Peak, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

SW ridge of Underwood and South (Donne) Faces of Karetai Pk and Mt Revelation, Donne Valley, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Mt Ada (left) and Odyssey (right), Sheerdown Hills, Fiordland National Park

Lake Adelaide and Moraine Creek from Barrierv Knob, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Climber above Gertrude Saddle on the Mcpherson - Talbot Traverse, Fiordland National Park

Climber beneath the Donne Face of Karetai Peak, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Deepwater Basin and the confluence of the Cleddau and Tutoko Rivers from the summit of Mount Underwood, 2222 metres higher, Fiordland National Park

Climbers cross glacier towards Mount Underwood, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Mount Makere, Mount Tarewai, Mount Milne, Mount Syme, Mount Tutoko and Mount Madeline above Cleft Creek and Lake Turner, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

The Te Puoho Glacier and the head of Chasm Creek from the summit of Te Wera. Taiaroa, Revelation and Karetai, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

West Ridge (route of first ascent) and West Face Sheerdown Peak, Fiordland National Park.

Llawrenny Peaks, pt 1781 on right

Lake Adelaide and Moraine Creek, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Two climbers on Mcpherson - Talbot Traverse, Fiordland National Park

Climber stands on rock ledge in Donne Valley beneath Karetai Peak

Donne Valley, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Turner's Eyrie, Karetai Peak. East Ridge of Patuki in the background, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

North face of Karetai Peak and Lindsays Ledges, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park

Cleft Creek and Hollyford Valley from Te Wera, Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park