Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
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Time for the second reminder or notice that the WTMC AGM is coming up. Hopefully you have Wednesday April 9, 7.30pm for an 8pm start marked in your diary. The venue is our usual meeting place in Moncrieff Street, Mt Victoria. The Annual Report will be circulated ahead of the meeting. I had hoped to … Read more
New members After a very well attended New Members night (well done David H and Mike G in particular) we will see a lot of new faces both on the tramp and also on trips over the next month. As long / short time members of the club we all have a responsibility to make … Read more
Over the last month we’ve had wonderful presentations that have taken us around the globe. Thank you to the folk who have taken the time to put these together and come and talk to us. We also had a very successful New Members Night on the 19th February and it was marvellous to see lots … Read more
New members This month we welcome Emily Stretch, Kirsty van Reenen and Joe Harbridge as new senior members to the club. Membership subs Thank you to about two thirds of you who have renewed your subs. However there are still a few people yet to pay up. If you are one of those people please … Read more
Due to the early 8am Saturday morning start we did what many of the other competitors did and headed out to camp at Holdsworth roadend on the Friday night. We left the railway station at 6pm, and after a substantial dinner at Istanbul in Carterton we set up our tents and had an early night. Cars … Read more
Randonneuring has many great rides organised by sister clubs around the world. Often, these rides are not only scenic but place us among creatures of which we are unfamiliar. This year, while travelling to 1200k events I have unintentionally cycled with moose and caribou, hiked amongst the grizzlies and wolves, camped out with black bears, … Read more
The group met on a fine sunny Saturday morning at 8.45 am, Platform D to catch the 83 Eastbourne bus which would take us to Queensgate. Purchasing a Day Tripper for $9.50 allowed us to jump on any bus up until 12 midnight (excellent deal). From there, we transferred to the 160 Wainui North bus. Just over the Wainuiomata hill on … Read more
We left Wellington on a beautifully calm and sunny Friday afternoon. In fact, if you didn’t live in Wellington, you might have thought that summer had finally arrived. If the forecast was true, then most of the lower North Island would enjoy a rain-free weekend. Alistair Young was going to be leading our Medium-Fit fivesome … Read more
It all began at 5.30pm on a balmy Wellington Friday afternoon. Setting off enthusiastically into rush hour traffic, we began our journey to the start of the track. Van conversation ranged from the art of being a llama farmer who farms llamas, buying boats, mermaids, Bolivian taxi drivers and the number ‘37’ and the obvious superiority of pilates over … Read more
If you’ve attempted the SK in the last 5-7 years, we want your story for an update of the SK book. The idea to traverse the Tararuas from North to South in a weekend was first conjured up in 1961 and the first successful attempt was recorded in 1963. Since then, dozens of trampers from … Read more