WTMC Talks: South Island TA Trail – a walk into Covid

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Come and hear Richard House talk about his experience walking the South Island section of Te Araroa, and how he beat the lockdown! From Richard: "Over 73 days Jan-Mar 2020, I covered the 1,300 km of the South Island Te Araroa Trail. I got home a day before the covid level 4 lockdown started. In ... Read more

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WTMC Talks: NoFly – Shaun Hendy talks about his year without flights

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Shaun Hendy will talk to the Club about what he learnt from a going a year without flights. "By avoiding planes for a year, I found that I had cut my carbon dioxide emissions from travel to just over 1 tonne. This was a reduction of 95 per cent from my 2017 carbon footprint from ... Read more

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VIRTUAL TALK: Leading your first WTMC Trip!

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Please join us tonight, Wednesday 19 August, at 7:30pm for another virtual club talk. Tash will talk about the do's and don'ts of leading your first WTMC trip! You can attend the talk remotely via 'Google Hangouts'. This means you can join from your computer, your smartphone or even from your less smart phone. Computer or ... Read more

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Hypothermia: Know your facts

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Come and hear Jenny Visser talk about everything you need to know about a common danger for trampers - hypothermia.

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WTMC Talks: Christmas wanderings in the Canterbury High Country

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

The Canterbury High Country is a spectacular and little known region of rolling tussock ranges, rugged mountains, steep scree slopes, huge braided river valleys, towering snowy peaks, hidden lakes, and historic old musterers' huts. Most of this area was formerly made up of high country sheep stations, but much of it now forms part of ... Read more

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WTMC Talks: Learnings from concussions

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Our Social Convenor will talk about an experience of concussion, and how to treat it.

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WTMC Talks: Walking the Annapurna Circuit

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Sioned Cox went to Nepal in 2012 to walk the Annapurna Circuit over a period of around 3 weeks. She will give a talk about the amazing sights she saw and the wonderful people she met on the way.

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Paua Hut adventures – Tony Stephens

TTC Hall - WTMC Gear room 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Come and hear our Vice-President Tony Stephens talk about the kinds of adventures you can have from the Club's Paua Hut in the Orongorongo Valley.

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