Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club

Home in no hurry – a bike ride from England to New Zealand - Reuben Ferguson
2017-10-11 19:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Reuben will talk about a bike trip he made between England and New Zealand over 13 months of 2011-2012. He will focus on the diverse landscapes and cultures of the Eurasian continent, as witnessed from a cyclist’s perspective, to give a sense of the unique ways in which bikes facilitate exploration and allow interaction with local people.

Taranaki and the Great White Shark Tooth - Nick Horrell
2017-10-04 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
In early August, a WTMC trip scaled the East Ridge of Mount Taranaki – come along and hear all about how they made it to the top of the mighty Shark Tooth in an alpine climbing epic!

WTMC Committee Meeting
2017-10-04 17:45 - 19:00, 2017-09-06 17:45 - 19:00, 2017-08-02 17:45 - 19:00, 2017-07-05 17:30 - 18:45 | TTC Hall – WTMC Gear room, 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
WTMC Committee meets monthly. If club members wish to attend please contact the committee first.

How to get in to canyoning 101 - Lee Dan Haan
2017-09-27 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Kiwicanyons says “Canyoning is the practise of descending rivers and streams, using any combination of walking, climbing, abseiling (rappelling), swimming, jumping and sliding. Canyoning is kind of like a Hydroslide theme park, carved into stone and located in the wilderness. Anyone who loves sliding, jumping and playing in water, exploring, abseiling and technical problem solving will love going Canyoning.”
Come along to hear from canyoning guide and instructor Lee Dan Haan on how to get in to canyoning if you’re keen.

Greenland and the Canadian High Arctic - Matt Conway
2017-09-20 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Intro to mountain weather Part 2 - weather maps and more - Tony Gazley
2017-09-13 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Te Reo Māori pronunciation of place names (lead up to Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori) - Joan Costello
2017-09-06 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Sure you’ve heard of Aoraki or Tititea. But do you know how to pronounce these words? What about the places closer to our Wellington home – how do you really pronounce Tararua or Aorangi or Atiwhakatu?
In the lead up to Te Wiki o Te Reo Maori or Te Reo Māori Language week (11-17 September 2017), Joan will give us a crash course in how to say place names in te reo māori (you might even learn flora and fauna – that’d be plants and animals just in case Greek isn’t your thing).
Joan’s an expert te reo māori teacher who’s approach is all about having fun while learning te reo and tikanga. She uses the stories which have been shared with her over the years to show how words and phrases embody tikanga, spirituality and whakapapa.
Using the names of places we visit, she’ll teach us 6 tips to master pronunciation so we can have greater confidence to pronounce place names, people’s names, plant names and basic phrases.
Be prepared to have fun, laugh and learn.

Mount Owen: the laziest Medium-Fit Tramp in the history of the WTMC - Beccy Day
2017-08-30 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Walking Western Australia's Cape to Cape Track - Harry Smith
2017-08-23 19:00 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
7 days and 150 kms of beautiful coastline, beaches, bush, and wild-flower heathlands

Trip Schedule Planning Meeting
2017-08-23 17:45 - 19:00 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
The purpose of this meeting is to review the proposed trip schedule with trip leaders, resolve any scheduling issues, share knowledge, and start the coordination process between trip leaders. If you are leading a trip or would like to lead on the next schedule, please attend.

Good Nature Traps - everything you ever wanted to know - Nick Graham
2017-08-16 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Hear from one of the experts! Nick Graham is a Technical Expert at Good Nature, home of the innovative non-toxic, self resetting traps for pests. WTMC has worked with DOC to install several of these traps on our trapping line in the Ruahines to help protect whio. Come along to find out just how these traps work, the science behind them and the ongoing work.

Gear Bring and Buy
2017-08-09 19:30 - 20:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
This is a chance to clear your cupboards or get a cheaper start to outdoor gear. Bring all your outdoor gear that you no longer use or come along and buy some gear you need. Sellers will display their gear on the floor around the edge of the hall. Buyers will circulate around the centre of the hall. Contact the Chief Guide with any questions.
Rules
1. Items for sale should be in clean and serviceable condition.
2. The seller is responsible for managing all financial transactions with the buyer.
3. No items are to be left in the hall after the session.
4. The club accepts no liability for any of the gear brought to the session.

Best of the NZ Mountain Film Festival - Kiwi Made
2017-07-27 18:30 - 21:00 | Victoria University Memorial Theatre, Memorial Theatre Victoria University, Kelburn, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
The best of the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival National Tour is coming back to Wellington and this time we have a double feature!
Part 2: Kiwi-made award winning films either made in NZ or films made by New Zealanders include BASE jumping in the wild backcountry behind Wanaka; Tanya The Hut Warden; 300km unsupported journey involving bike-packing and pack-rafting through NZ’s backcountry; The Mannering, Harper and Ross Challenge; exploration of Mt Scott; the Coast to Coast race; one man’s journey to save the environment and skiing on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu.
Sponsored by the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, Victoria University of Wellington Tramping Club and Tararua Tramping Club. All profits donated back to the clubs.
Tickets available online
$20 general admission
$15 WTMC, VUWTC and TTC club members
$10 student with ID

Follow the Facebook event page for updates

Annual WTMC Photo competition
2017-07-26 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Photos submitted to the WTMC Photo competition will be highlighted by Judge Grant Newton with feedback and winners announced.
See the newsletter post for more details about entering the photo competition – deadline for entries is 5 July 2017.

Lodge subcommittee monthly meeting – July
2017-07-26 17:30 - 18:45 | TTC Hall – WTMC Gear room, 4 Moncrieff Street, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
The WTMC Lodge subcommittee meets monthly on the last Wednesday of the month.
Meeting are held in the gear room. Entrance is by the side door of the TTC Hall.
If you are interested attending, please contact the Lodge Convenor first at lodgeconvenor@gmail.com.

Best of the NZ Mountain Film Festival – Award Winning Films
2017-07-24 18:30 - 21:30 | Victoria University Memorial Theatre, Memorial Theatre Victoria University, Kelburn, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand
The best of the New Zealand Mountain Film Festival National Tour is coming back to Wellington and this time we have a double feature!
Part 1: The Best of the NZ Mountain Festival films include speed-wing and wingsuits in formation, towing whitewater kayaks over 1000 kilometres of the Greenland Ice Cap to reach the most northern river ever paddled, solo unsupported Jenny Tough running across Kyrgyzstan, and four attempts to climb the Link Sar in Pakistan.
Sponsored by the Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club, Victoria University of Wellington Tramping Club and Tararua Tramping Club. All profits donated back to the clubs.
Tickets available online
$20 general admission
$15 WTMC, VUWTC and TTC club members
$10 student with ID

Follow the Facebook event page for updates

What is a mountain radio and why should you use one? - Rowena
2017-07-19 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Mountain Radio Service is a volunteer group that provides a backcountry communications service with scheduled calls providing daily weather updates and help getting messages communicated. See the Wellington Mountain Radio Service for more information.

Patagonia for Beginners - Andrei Zubkov
2017-07-12 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Murder in the Mountains - Trish McCormack
2017-07-05 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
This would be a great place for a murder… It’s not a normal take on wilderness but Trish McCormack who grew up at Franz Josef Glacier is fascinated with murder and its motives. Wild places and the stories of (fictitious) people who live there are her inspiration. An archivist by day and a crime writer by night, she was previously a journalist in Hokitika. She has also worked in the national parks where she sets her novels featuring glacier guide and amateur sleuth Philippa Barnes.
Trish has written 3 fictional crime novels and she’ll be speaking about the adventures of her writing. Books will be available for signing and purchase.
For more information about Trish and her books, see her author profile on the NZ Society of Authors.

Project Kāka - An update from the Department of Conservation - James Griffiths
2017-06-28 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Project Kāka is an intensive 10 year pest control and monitoring programme from DOC and other organisations and volunteers working to target species that are the biggest threat to native bird life and forest systems. The project began in 2009 and covers a 29,801 ha area from Otaki Forks to Holdsworth campground in the Tararua Forest Park.
The project is named for the iconic native parrot the kākā, plentiful on nearby Kapiti Island and at Pukaha Mount Bruce, and representative of the many species that are expected to become more abundant as a result of this programme.
Learn more about the programme on the DOC website or come along to hear James Griffiths, Lead DOC scientist on the project, talk about the latest progress.

Intro to mountain weather - Tony Gazley
2017-06-21 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

FMC Launch of ‘Remarkable Outdoors’ Campaign
2017-06-16 17:30 | The Southern Cross, 39 Abel Smith St, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
The Federated Mountain Club (FMC) invites the outdoor community to the launch of ‘Remarkable Outdoors’, a campaign for outdoor issues to be prominent in the 2017 General Election. Come join members of the FMC Executive, Politicians, and outdoor advocates for a launch of FMC’s election ideas and concepts. Politicians present will be given a chance to speak.

Cycle-Touring in South-West Western Australia - Harry Smith
2017-06-14 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Harry’s talk with feature bush, beaches, big climbing trees, and bush-walking on parts of the Bibbulmun Track and in the Porongurup and Stirling Ranges.

Van Driver Familiarisation
2017-06-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
Club trips need people to drive the vans. If you have a driving license, are happy with a manual gearbox and would like to help out, come along for a van familiarisation session taking place on the Brendon Foot Metro forecourt on Elizabeth Street near the TTC hall, prior to the club evening.

Cattle Creek Hut in the Ruahines
2017-06-07 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Hellfire and Misery both ways in the Raglan Range - Paul Cristoffel
2017-05-31 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand

Lockett Range - A Secret Track leading to a Diamond - Beccy Day
2017-05-24 19:30 | Google Hangouts, 4 Moncrieff Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand
