Mt Cook

A celebration at Aoraki/Mt Cook this weekend will mark 100 years since Freda Du Faur became the first woman to conquer Mt Cook.

Opinion is divided over a proposal to rename South Ridge on Aoraki/Mt Cook in honour of Sir Edmund Hillary.

Frost-bitten toes have proved a challenge for climbers and adventurers Steve Moffatt and Steve Gurney as they re-enact an expedition of old.

Steve Gurney and Steve Moffatt are following in the footsteps of two pioneering mountaineers.

A climber stranded in a hut high on Aoraki/Mt Cook with a suspected collapsed lung will probably have to spend another night there as forecast bad weather prevents any rescue attempt.

Rescuers have received confirmation the two climbers who spent two nights on Mt Cook/Aoraki in sub-zero temperatures are safe and due to walk out of the national park today.

Two climbers waiting to be rescued on Mt Cook have given a rescue helicopter the thumbs up sign to indicate they are in good shape.