New Zealand heli pick ups and Cow Pats go hand in hand.
This year I was given the opportunity to work with The NorthFace on a heli trip unlike any I have been on. Last year we heli'd up to Clarks Glacier to shoot their 2009 advertising, this year the concept was to heli into the mountains, ski and then camp out in the snow for the night.
Dispite having no new snow, and attrocious weather conditions forecast we had two guides that were keen to take us, and photos that needed to be shot. We manged to score a glorious blue bird day and the boys dropped a whole bunch of cliffs to icy landings.
What unfolded during the night was wild. Whilst bad weather was forecast it wasn't meant to hit until about mid day, it came in early and we were buffeted with gale force winds all night. I can't give away too much of the story but here's a few snap shots to give you an idea. Expect to see editorial and advertising for this trip around the show next year.
The terrain we had on hand. Amazing.
The Wes cam turned up in the arvo and was filming us for promotional purposes. This camera has been used for films like Lord Of The Rings etc.
Stephen Winnacott, the Marketing Manager gets some.
I hiked above our campsite to shoot sunset and got the token self portrait.
Speights Summit after an epic day, all grins.
After holding on all night this was the first photo snapped in the morning. Guidelines had snapped, pegs went flying and the only thing holding our tents down was our bodies.
When this is coming at you from one direction, and gale force winds from the other its time to move.
We manged to ride out to lower altitude and get a chopper out.
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