A FALL FROM MT ROLLESTON

“I DON’T TRUST THIS ROCK.”

Those were the last words I said before tumbling 600m from the ridge leading to the low peak of Mt Rolleston.

There had been nothing to suggest the climb would end in disaster. We had started out on a beautiful, clear morning. The freezing level was higher than we would have liked but apart from that, conditions were good.

I’d wanted to climb the