Month: February 2015

Jumbo-Holdsworth and Hooper Loop – Local Trail Running

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Date: 24 Jan 2015.
Trip type: Trail run.
Location: Tararuas.
Author: Emily Shrosbree & Sharron Came.
Trampers: Tim Dunning, Louise Beckingsale, Sarah Fisher, Sharron Came (Jumbo-Holdsworth), Emily Shrosbree (Hooper Loop).

Hooper-Loop – An experiment in trail running by Emily Sharron and Sarah’s mountain-running adventures were giving me a severe case of FOMO (fear-of-missing-out) so I decided to give it a go myself. I signed up and started doing a bit of training, mostly running around the Wellington city tracks like the Southern Walkway and Skyline … Read more

Moss Pass

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Date: 5th-8th February 2015.
Trip type: Medium Tramp.
Location: Moss Pass.
Author: Stuart.
Trampers: Ian Harrison, Megan Banks, Illona Keenan, Kevin Cole, Emily Shrosbree, Mark Pothecary, Stuart, Spencer Clubb.

Like the best laid plans of mice and men going astray, the bad weather predicted for Nelson Lakes National Park meant that our proposed Mole Tops tenting trip had to be altered.  The new trip would be the Moss Pass route going via Sabine and over into the D’Urville. Day One – Sabine Hut to Blue … Read more

Tapokopokoa to Red Rocks Stream

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Date: 23-25 January 2015.
Trip type: Medium Fit Tramp.
Location: Orongorongos.
Author: Maarten Ruiter.
Trampers: Alastair Young (leader), Mike, Bernie, Wei Min Ren, Jessie Go and Maarten Ruiter.

We set off on Friday evening to get to Paua hut so we could make an early start on Saturday. It was a perfect warm calm evening for us to sit outside Paua Hut and Alastair to talk us through the trip he had in mind, and to give some a crash course in navigation. … Read more

WTMC Trail runners represent at Tarawera Ultramarathon

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Date: 7 February 2015.
Trip type: Trail Running.
Location: Rotorua to Kawerau, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.
Author: WTMC.
Trampers: Gareth Morton, Sharron Came, Sarah Fisher, Stephen Healey, and Eddie Hussey .

WTMC Trail runners recorded some some great results in the 2015 Tararewa Ultra Marathon on  7 February. This is an event for people who scoff at a mere 42km marathon and carry on to do 60, 85, even 100km.   Sarah was buzzing after she got her fantastic 4th in agegroup: “My goal was simply to get … Read more

Tramping Gaol

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Date: 16 - 19 January 2015.
Trip type: Easy - Medium Tramp.
Location: Kawekas.
Author: Sarah Fisher.
Trampers: Kevin Cole (leader), Beccy Day, Erika, Jane, Tatiana, Garth and Sarah Fisher.

We had a looong drive to Makahu Saddle carpark in the Kawekas and we arrived there at midnight. In our group there were two tents and I was put in charge of putting up the fly for three of us. Um, so surprisingly enough after all the time I have been with the club, I … Read more