Schrund
Photo by Peter Laurenson
My climbing companions prepare to follow me across the bergschrund at the base of Mount Dixon in Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand. We didn't get much higher before accepting that the super-dry powder snow would give us no chance to put in anchors as we climbed higher. The winter season to this point had seen much less snowfall than normal, meaning there was no consolidated snow base. A warming climate is making mountaineering increasingly challenging and dangerous / Lumix TZ 220, a stitch of 2 landscape shots, F8, 1/200, ISO 125, 24mm
Peter Laurenson - Excio Gallery
I’m Peter Laurenson. Born and raised in New Plymouth in New Zealand, the eldest of three boys. I live in Richmond with my partner, with a view directly west to the Arthur Range.
