Author: Tony Gazley (soon-to-be Journal editor)
Yes folks there will be one, but for a number of reasons not until March next year.
The good news is that the delay will give you plenty of time to write a story about a great trip you have been on during the last year, or trips you still have to do during the next couple of months including all those exciting long Christmas journeys in the mountains. Remember they can be either club trips or those you have done with your mates, and either in New Zealand or overseas. They can be about tramping, climbing, skiing, kayaking, MTB, botany etc etc; anything we do or are interested in as a club.
Clearly the journal can only be as good as the contributions of stories and photographs from you the club members. So to make the next club journal a worthwhile one here are a few things you can think about:
- Pick a great trip you have already been on, or one you will do in the next few months, and put pen to paper and record your experiences. You have until mid‑February next year but please don’t overload the poor editor with a pile of last minute submissions
- You don’t have to be a Man Booker prize winning writer, just do your best and the editor will sort out any composition, grammar etc that needs attention. That’s what editors do!
- Stories should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words, although more or less can be ok if necessary
- There must be some reasonably good photographs to illustrate the story. After all a big reason of going into the hills is for the wonderful scenery, and pictures of places and people are needed to compliment any journal story
- Photographs need to be interesting and relevant and at least partway technically correct. Ideally they will be unprocessed high resolution images; most modern point-and-shoot cameras on automatic setting will likely be acceptable
- And finally, send in any individual pictures that you think may be good enough for the gallery or the journal covers. These pics need to be something a bit special but give it a try.
Once you have done these simple things then send the lot to the newsletter editor Sarah Young (). Be careful your email does not compress any image files. If it will, get copies to Sarah on a disc.
Together we should be able come up with the best journal ever. So, now life has become boring again after Steven won the RWC how about putting just a little bit of your spare time into telling us all a story.