The Remarkables Ice and Mixed Festival 2023, when I just hung out on the West Face and took photos for both days. It was a great day out, I did also manage to climb at least one pitch!
View from Remarkables Skifield

Obligatory early morning photo looking out at the mountains from the Remarkables

Sooji Clarkson

Sooji

View from the West face of the Remarkables out over Queenstown

Looking down to town from our lofy heights on the West face

Sooji Clarkson

Sooji feeling the mountains and getting ready to send. 

View of Queenstown from the West face of the Remarkables

Stunning day on the West Face

Climbing Friday's Fool

Climbing Friday's Fool in the spindrift.

Ice axes on rock

Mixed climbing!

Ice axe placed in rock

What a mixed placement!

Sooji Clarkson pulling a move mixed climbing

Sooji pulling a move.

Penzy Dinsdale

Self-portrait

View from the West Face of the Remarkables

Stunning view out from the West Face

Sooji Clarkson mixed climbing on Under Pressure

Sooji leading on Under Pressure

Sooji Clarkson enjoying the climbing on Under Pressure

Having a good time

Sooji Clarkson, Carrots for power

And then also enjoying a carrot! Carrots for Power after all

Great climbing face

Great facials!

Hard mixed climbing through the crux

Going hard through the crux

Abseiling off a climb in the moutnains

Abseiling off after a good hard climb

Sooji Clarkson belaying with a kea feather earring

Sooji focussed on the belaying. Her earring contains a kea feather that we found together during a Traverse of the Southern Alps.

Ollie

Ollie

Focussed climber

Focussed on the climbing

Reg Measures

Reg

Rosie Lane

Rosie

Mixed Climbing

Topping out - a slightly greyer day at the Festival

People between snow and rocks

Snowcraft checking out an interesting snow feature

View of Queenstown from the West Face of the Remarkables

Moody day over Queenstown

View of Queenstown from the West Face of the Remarkables

I just love this place

Sooji Clarkson preparing to climb

Sooji plotting her moves

Climber in red jacket on the West Face of the Remarkables

What an amazing place to stand in a red jacket!

Climber on the West Face of the Remarkables

I love the leading line of the rope and footprints to the climber at the view point

Sooji Clarkson

Sooji

Portrait of a climber

Climber eyeing up a line

Colourful climbers on the West Face

Climbers meet on the West Face

Great climbing face

Duncan making yet another great climbing face!

Black and White photo of a climber on the West Face of the Remarkables

I love this in black and white

Sooji Clarkson and a beautiful loop of rope

Sooji making sure the rope doesn't get stuck

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