Adventure Magazine

A DEADLY WEEKEND

Labour weekend 2013, ten climbers, with varying degrees of experience, set out to climb Mt Taranaki’s East Ridge.. The chain of circumstances that lead to fatalities in the outdoors are often referred to as lemons, a metaphor that comes from the old-style fruit slot machines; if you pull the lever often enough you might hit the jackpot. In the context of risk in the outdoors, the jackpot can be

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