‘Absolutely Historic’ First Descent of Caroline Face on Mount Aoraki in New Zealand On October 27th, 2017, Italian mountaineer Enrick Mosetti and British mountaineers Ben Briggs and Tom Grant completed the first ski descent of the Caroline Face – the extremely challenging and dangerous southeast face of Mount Aoraki/Mount Cook (12,217′) in New Zealand. Local media in New Zealand has labeled the feat as “historic.” Mount Aoraki, commonly known as Mount Cook, is […] Climbing Martin Kuprianowicz | November 29, 2019 1 Comment