Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
I hope you have been enjoying this beautiful summer. Unfortunately I’ve been spending a lot of time chained to the computer but looking forward to remedying that sometime soon! At our February committee meeting one of the things we discussed was feedback on the logo design circulated in December. It was a pretty short discussion … Read more
Trip Planning night & trip leaders for the new schedule Thanks to all who have sent in their trip suggestions. This article will go to print just before the club trip planning night. Everyone is welcome to trip planning. There is the bribe of free pizza and you get to shape the next schedule (or … Read more
Hi folks, I hope you are enjoying this lovely summer weather, having lots of adventures that you can then come and tell us about at club! While I wait for my email to run hot with lots of offers…we have the following presentations coming up. Josh T will talk about when to use a PLB … Read more
Photo competitions Not only is the club’s photo competition currently seeking entries (due next week by 11 March), but the International Banff Mountain Film Festival is currently accepting photos to the 2015 Signature Image Competition. Wilderness Magazine Seeking Articles Wilderness Magazine is regularly seeking trip reports and in particular North Island trips and will pay for … Read more
Patuna Chasm A wonderful short day walk down the spectacular Patuna Chasm with an optional swim at the end. On a grey Wellington Saturday, we jumped in our cars and headed through the Rimutakas to Patuna Chasm. We were all excited about the walk, some because it had been on their to-do list for quite … Read more
U Pass – Fiordland National Park National Park A 2 day hike crossing from Mistake Creek to Hut Creek via U Pass in Fiordland National Park After hunkering down at Homer Hut waiting for a break in the weather we finally got a window of a couple of days and decided to head out to … Read more
It had been a beautiful week of weather. Of course the forecast for this, the following week is also primo! However, in-between, we would be tramping in horizontal rain with a southerly bringing a wind chill and a not-so-balmy minus 5 degrees. Most of us had what we needed and other put a little more … Read more
My hopes of Wellington being the sort of city that can be escaped in matter of minutes in favour of the great outdoors were dashed as we discovered the state highway choc-a-bloc with others making the same assumption. Spirits stayed high though for the long drive north. Our initial delays meant we couldn’t get as … Read more
What you need to ken… There was a Scotsman, an English Lass and a Kiwi – probably the only time in history that a Burn’s supper celebration has had such a composition! For those of you who are not familiar with the traditions of Burn’s celebrations, I’ll give you a rundown. The 25th January is … Read more
Thanks to Paul and the 5 other punters, for a great trip into the Ruahine tops…a first for most of us. It was a delayed start from the Railway station due to a spill on the motorway, leaving after 6 instead of after 5…with great relief we made good time after having dinner before we … Read more