Ω This is the first edition of our ‘free to everyone’ media watch service, where we note items of interest to Powerband readers from general climbing media.
First up we have this thread from New Zealand’s premier website for inclement teacup weather, mountaiNZ:
http://www.mountainz.co.nz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1030
Note the post from “Wild Mountain Thyme”, a not-so-subtle dig at bouldering and, in particular, the recent Peter Allison incident at Flock Hill. Powerband wonders if WMT’s avatar (of him/her standing on top of a boulder) is “inversely ironic” in this context. Or maybe he/she was just training for a lower Tasman glacier ropeless descent? Ω
