AIC

Six days with Lydia Bradey

Date: 24th to 30th July, 2015.
Trip type: Alpine Instruction Course.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Henry Fisher.
Trampers: Lydia Bradey (instructor), Emily Shrosbree, Tim Dunning, Richard Bell, Henry Fisher.

The club recently ran a six day Alpine Instruction Course instructed by Lydia Bradey: Mountaineer Extraordinaire. I was so inspired and enthused by this experience  that I’ve been telling as many people as possible how fantastic Lydia is and how great it was to have a straight run of six days in the mountains (with … Read more

Alpine Courses Update

Date: Winter 2009.
Trip type: Instruction.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Sharron Came (Photos - Katharina Monien).
Trampers: AIC: Andrew McLellan, John Thompson, Yibai He, John Duggan. Snowcraft: Allen Higgins, David Jewell, Marie Henderson, Steve Austin.

This year the Club again ran both an Alpine Instruction Course and a Snowcraft course. We had 6 people on the AIC and 14 doing Snowcraft so a total of 20 students. At the time of writing we had just completed the Snowcraft course while the AIC still had its final weekend to go. We enjoyed two brilliant … Read more