In settled May weather Johnny Mulheron (NZAC Wellington) and Erik Bradshaw (Queenstown) did a lightening [ie. they took far too little food. Ed.] transalpine trip in Mt Aspiring. After crossing Matukituki and Waipara saddles they camped on the benches below Arawhata saddle. They then climbed and scrambled up the north ridge of Mt Liverpool before descending to camp at scenic Cascade saddle. From there they sidled to Shotover saddle, having to wear crampons to negotiate frozen south facing scree slopes, before dropping back down to the Matukituki. from a much thinner Johnny “There’s no ‘I’ in team but if you look carefully there’s no “I” in anything else either”: Duggan expelled from Eden due to absence of the first person singular Over the Easter - ANZAC break headed into the Garden of Eden Ice Plateau for a bit of tramping and climbing with Jeremy “Bigfoot” Haines. Had excellent weather with 6 fine days and one day of Nor West whilst crossing Dennistoun Pass. Went in via the Clyde and Frances Rivers and Perth Col. Stayed a couple of nights at Adams Col and did a day trip to the Garden of Allah and up Mt Tyndall. Headed down to Scone Hut, next to the Perth River via The Great Unknown, Elizabeth, and Redfield Streams. Then crossed back to Canterbury via Dennistoun Pass and down the Havelock River back to our start point at Erewhon Station. cheers Eric Duggan