Most of New Zealand's tallest mountains are 200 mi/320 km southwest of Christchurch in the Southern Alps, including the country's highest, Mount Cook (12,345 ft/3,827 m), now also called by its M ...
A man who died alongside a client while trying to ascend Aoraki Mt Cook was an internationally recognised Wānaka-based mountain guide and father. Thomas Vialletet grew up in the French Alps, where he ...
A Wānaka-based mountain guide who died while attempting to ascend Aoraki Mt Cook with a client has been remembered as a devoted father and husband who touched the lives of many. Thomas Vialletet was ...