Mt Dixon – Grant 'Axe' Rawlinson

EXMAG article on climbing Mt Dixon

Apr 29, 2013

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Hi folks, Stephanie and I have just returned from a glorious trip driving the ‘Big Sur’ from San Francisco to Los Angeles. I will post some pictures shortly from the trip. What a beautiful part of the world. Some very exciting news from the trip is that I managed to purchase a nice new shiny…

The Mt Dixon landslide – mother nature in action

Jan 24, 2013

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Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson

in Mt Dixon

On Friday 4 January 2013, together with Alan Silva, we climbed Mt Dixon, New Zealand’s 23rd highest peak. (Read about that climb here.) The summit ridge of Mt Dixon is an exposed knife-edge and I wrote at the time: “I tried not to look down either side at the hundreds of meters of free fall…

Mt Dixon trip report – A lesson in risk management

Jan 6, 2013

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Grant ‘Axe’ Rawlinson

in Accidents, Mt Dixon

“There is only one problem” Alan yelled to me over the noise of the helicopter as it lifted off in a crescendo of noise and wind. “Whats that Al?” “We forgot the food!” Fuck fuck fuck!!!!!! I cursed to myself while standing there in the snow. We had just landed at Plateau hut, 2200m elevation…

Category: Mt Dixon

EXMAG article on climbing Mt Dixon

The Mt Dixon landslide – mother nature in action

Mt Dixon trip report – A lesson in risk management