All but one of the 24 highest mountains in New Zealand are within a 12km radius in Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. The outlier, Mt Aspiring, is 131km to the south.
Mountain guide and adventure photographer Gavin Lang has climbed each one and written a book about it. On many of these ascents he was joined by Sooji Clarkson who loves the puzzles that ice climbing can present.
Seeking the Light documents these climbs and shows how the pursuit of mountaineering can give us real purpose and insight to actively improve our daily lives back at sea level.
What do you love most about climbing?
Freedom of movement and freedom of thought. The challenges that arise from dealing with the curve balls that nature can throw at me requires a certain amount of mental, physical and emotional strength to keep it all together for long days. Through all those difficulties I can usually think more clearly through life’s bigger questions when
