Lodge subcommittee monthly meeting
2020-10-28 17:30 - 18:45, 2020-11-25 17:30 - 18:45, 2021-02-24 17:45 - 18:45 (Pacific/Auckland) | 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.

Battery Amnesty!
2020-10-28 19:00 - 19:30, 2020-11-04 19:00 - 19:30
Battery Amnesty – bring your old batteries to club and get them recycled for free!
The Club is working towards treading a little more lightly on our earth. One way of doing this is making it easy for our members to recycle responsibly. That is why we are organizing a battery amnesty where you can bring along your old dead batteries to club night and we will pay for them to be recycled responsibly for you – what a deal!
What does it mean to recycle responsibly? We will be taking the batteries to the Wellington Sustainability Trust, who charge $5 a kilo for recycling batteries (they also offer a lot of other e-waste recycling services). They send the e-waste to IT Recycla who look to reuse as much of it as they can.
We know you have a stash of old batteries, from your head torch or your GPS device, rolling around in the top drawer. Bring them along to club on 17 or 24 September, hand them over to the door monitor, and remove a little bit of environmental guilt from your life!

WTMC Talks: Learnings from concussions
2020-10-28 19:30 - 20:30
Our Social Convenor will talk about an experience of concussion, and how to treat it.

WTMC Committee Meeting
2020-11-04 17:45 - 18:45, 2020-12-02 17:45 - 18:45, 2021-02-03 17:45 - 18:45, 2021-03-03 17:45 - 18:45
The WTMC Committee meet on the first Wednesday of the month.
Please contact president@wtmc.org.nz in advance if you wish to attend.

WTMC Talks: Walking the Annapurna Circuit
2020-11-04 19:30 - 20:30
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.

WTMC Talks: PLBs and backcountry Communication devices - what you need to know
2020-11-11 19:00 - 20:30
What’s the difference between a mountain radio and an inReach? Can I take only my cellphone in the backcountry. What happens when a plb gets set off? Don’t know your VHF from your GPS? Come along and find out from our resident expert Pete Gent!

Paua Hut adventures - Tony Stephens
2020-11-18 19:30 - 20:30
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.

WTMC Talks: Tongariro National Park - a Summer wonderland!
2020-11-25 19:30 - 20:30
Come and hear club member Miles Davison talk about all the wonderful adventures you can have in Tongariro National Park during the summer time – and all by basing yourself at the Club’s Lodge!

Pumice on the Tops: A week in the Kawekas
2020-12-02 19:30 - 20:30
In October, club member Meredith Ackrill managed to get a week off work, and spent it doing a solo jaunt around the Kawekas. From kiwi to whio, sunshine to rain, cold bivvies to brand-new hot pools, this trip had everything – except people. Come and hear her talk about her adventure!

Forest & Bird Wellington: We “Give Nature a Voice” — OK, so what do we actually do?
2020-12-09 19:30 - 20:30
Most people in New Zealand have heard of Forest & Bird, but few are aware of the range of activities its members get involved with. With the largest number of members of any environmental group in New Zealand, the members of its 45+branches undertake a wide range of conservation projects, as well as writing submissions, letters and emails to local authorities and using social media in an attempt to “Give Nature a Voice”.
Ken New has been a member for 40 years and for the last 10 years he’s been part of the Wellington Branch committee, most recently as Secretary. He was also Chairperson of the Southern Environmental Association for several years. His love for the environment has taken him tramping in the UK, most states of Australia and on several of the Great Walks of New Zealand. Ken will give an illustrated talk about the various Forest & Bird projects currently under way in the Wellington region and will be happy to answer any questions you may have about Forest & Birdand its activities, locally or nationally.

Gear room only - no social event
2020-12-16 19:00 - 19:30, 2021-01-06 19:00 - 19:30

WTMC Trip Planning Night
2021-01-13 19:00 - 20:00
Instead of having a talk on the first club night back in 2021, we are going to have a planning session for trips for the Autumn club schedule. The schedule will run from March through until the end of May, and includes opportunities for longer trips at Easter and ANZAC weekend.

So, come along with your ideas for club trips, or if you just want to see how the trip planning process works.

There will be free pizza to help you come up with ideas.

All are welcome

Slackpacking in Colca Canyon, Peru circa 2007
2021-01-20 19:30 - 20:30
Come and hear club member Dan talk about his adventures in the dry, high altitude of Peru. With the help of a guide, 2 horses, and even a donkey.
Cacti, condors, coca, and curious local kids.

Lodge Operators Training Course
2021-01-27 17:45 - 18:45
Contact lodgeconvenor@gmail.com in interested.

A long weekend in the Ruahine - Matt Conway
2021-01-27 19:30 - 20:30
Come and hear Chief Guide Matt Conway talk about a trip last Labour Weekend to Ruahine Corner hut which sits on the edge of the Mangaohane plateau, a vast expanse of red tussock. As well as the usual tramping adventures, the trip involved snails and the elusive Ruahine Mountain Dolphin.

Eat. Ride. Lockdown. Repeat. The story of cycling the length of NZ in 2020.
2021-02-03 19:30 - 20:30
Come along and hear how club member James Wratt managed to cycle Tour Aotearoa, despite the interruption caused by the Covid-19 Lockdown.

Christmas tramping: what to do when the weather isn't with you....
2021-02-10 19:30 - 20:30
Come and hear club member Illona talk about a Christmas trip to Bounds (well not really) Leatham conservation area.
What makes a successful Christmas trip? The answer: a great crew, 6 days, seeing one other person and half a day of rain. What is curious about Leatham conservation area: Sir Ed, the fear of the wildings and Canada geese.

Travelling through West Mongolia in 2019
2021-02-24 19:30 - 20:30
Come to hear club member Marjan share her story of traveling in Mongolia. About meeting the landscape and the locals and…why falling in love with a camel is unavoidable…

WTMC New Members Night 2021
2021-03-03 19:00 - 20:00
Summer is here! And that means more time to explore the great New Zealand outdoors! Want to find out how?
We love tramping and are always looking for new people to join our community. We organise more than 200 trips a year that include tramping and alpine, as well as kayaking, mountain biking, rock climbing and more. We also organise volunteer projects, support our members to develop their outdoor skills and offer plenty of opportunities for you to get involved with our community – whether it’s organising trips and social events, educating other members, participating in volunteer conservation projects, entering our photo competition and much more.
Whether you’re a seasoned tramper, new to tramping or even just curious about tramping – come along to one of our Wednesday evening meetings at & pm at our clubrooms 4 Moncrieff Street once we return to Covid Level 1.

Hiking through Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains
2021-03-10 19:30 - 20:30
Postponed until Covid Level 1.
Jonty Crane hiked in gumboots through endless mud among diverse landscapes and exotic flora in Uganda’s Rwenzori Mountains, and summited 5,109m Mt Stanley, Africa’s third-highest peak.

WTMC Talks: Chasing the Asymptotic Ultralight Feedback Loop
2021-03-17 19:30 - 20:30
Come and hear Raphael talk about about the pitfalls of gear obsession while thru-hiking the three long trails in the states (AT, PCT, CDT), & the TA.

Solo tramping the Five Passes (and a little bit more)
2021-03-24 19:30 - 20:30
Come and hear club member Rasmus talk about his Christmas holiday adventure doing the Routeburn and Five Passes tramps, back-to-back, and on his own!

Lodge subcommittee monthly meetings
2021-03-31 17:45 - 18:45
