Q. How did you get involved with the WTMC? A. I had done a few tramps for Duke of Edinburgh and was keen to do more tramping but didn’t know anyone else interested in it. I kept thinking I would go along to a tramping club but was too shy to go for ages. I … Read more
Canyoning has become more popular in NZ recently and a small group of WTMC club members are joining in the fun. Below is a selection of photos taken on trips to the Patuna Chasm (easy), Turere Stream (not quite so easy), and Chamberlain Creek and the Eager Beaver Canyon (both definitely not quite so easy). … Read more
Lost tramper found by a tree A tramper reported missing in the Tararua Range was fortunately found by a tree . It has been reported that the search for a missing tramper ended happily. Police were called by the mother of a middle-aged man overdue on a day-walk in the Tararua Forest Park when he … Read more
One of the committee’s aims this year was to look at how we run the club and to review if there was any way of managing things better. We ran a survey focussing on what people do to help the club operate. Our analysis of the results was published on the website in Nov (see … Read more
Katy Glenie quizzes Chief Guide Illona Keenen Q. How did you get involved with the WTMC? A. A friend Jane Perkins was a long time member and invited me along for a South Island trip to The 1000 Acres Plateau—but the bad weather meant we didn’t get there. It then took me three years to … Read more
Happy belated New Year! This was meant to be a pre-Christmas message but a virus swallowed up most of my December. I hope you have had a great break and managed to get out tramping during that amazing weather between Christmas and New Year. As well as business as usual, the committee has been focusing … Read more
Update 1 February 2016 You can now read Jean’s story of her S-K here. *********************************************************************** The latest news is that Jean Beaumont has just become the first woman to complete the Main Range S-K under 24 hours, solo and unsupported! An truly amazing effort of 23 hours 43 minutes given that conditions were apparently marginal. … Read more
WTMC will hold our AGM on Wednesday 13 April, at 7.30pm in the TTC club rooms. All welcome.
From now on, please make sure all your payments (whether for trip fares, membership fees or lodge) go into our new bank account, which is Kiwibank 38-9017-0330533-00 Why are we changing banks? The new bank account offers better processes for those operating the account. What if I accidentally paid into the old account? We will … Read more
The Schormann to Kaitoke (S-K) traverse of the Tararuas has been on the hit list of many trampers since the early 1960s when it was first suggested that it may be possible to do the trip in a weekend. This was finally achieved in October 1963, and was then followed by many more in subsequent years. Later … Read more