"My son(10yrs) and I climbed up the Northern summit route heading off early in the morning 6.15am and summiting by Noon. We took longer than expect to descend but made it home by 6pm to the Camphouse hut which has hot showers and a full kitchen. The day wasn't without drama as a rock fall caused by some descending climbers sent rocks hurtling past us, the weather was pretty good but the wind would occasionally gust with a cold misty feel that had us pulling out layers of clothing only to take them back off when out of the wind or the sun came out. There were approx 40 climbers that day." — loganscott • Dec 28, 2023

"I set aside two days for Mt Taranaki as I've been told the weather is quite unstable in that region. On our first day it rained all day and the peak was constantly enveloped in a giant moving cloud. On our second day we had a sunny forecast with high winds. It had to do. Due to stomach issues I was having, we got a late start from the Egmont visitor center (NE approach) at 7:15am. We hiked through the rain all the way until Tahurangi Lodge, which took us 1.5 hours. After warming up inside, I went to take a pee and noticed that the weather had completely burned off. It was now sunny, but still windy. The summit was visible. There was snow from the lodge, so we strapped into our crampons from the very beginning and followed a gully up along the standard route, which was now covered in snow. The occasional orange pole sticking out through the snow indicated that we were on track. As we climbed large gusts of winds continuously struck us with hail sized shards of ice. The wind made it difficult for Asaka to even stand, and I recognized the conditions were too dangerous. We were not far off from the hut when I decided to send Asaka back and continue on by myself. Normally I wou..." — seancasserly • Oct 17, 2019

"I misread meters as feet, thinking I was climbing a 2500ft mountain. Got to the top and everyone was like 'you absolutely American, you summited an 8261ft mountain' because I made a comment that it was colder at the top than I expected for a 2500ft peak. Genuinely not sure how I lived- it's because I don't get altitude sickness." — zemthings • Dec 22, 2018