Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
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Before I get into the juicy facts, here’s a wordy summary of our Southern Crossing Medium tramp from Otaki Forks to Kaitoke. We headed up to Field Hut from Otaki Forks around 8pm on Friday night. It was a beautiful night, with an almost full moon. We set off from Field at 9am the next … Read more
Greetings fellow trampers, By now you should have received a link to the Annual Report and audited financial statements for the financial year just ended. In my unbiased opinion these documents are worth reading. They tell you what the committee has been up to and what your annual subscription is giving you. They give you … Read more
Update: Winter 2014 Schedule is out! – https://wtmc.org.nz/trip-schedule New Trip Schedule The new trip schedule will come out on the 30th March. All that remains to be seen is what colour Megan will choose for it this time! A big thank you to all who took part in trip planning night and who have signed … Read more
The lodge guide is included in this newsletter and details will also be updated on our website. Changes for 2014-2015 include a small increase in charges and we are also offering non-members a Lodge Pass giving them members rates for a one off fee for this coming ski season. Non-member Lodge Passes are available for purchase … Read more
Keep Paua Hut Clean – Leave the Soap at Home Paua Hut is another one of our great assets. It’s pretty easy to find, just 30 minutes drive from Wellington in Orongorongos. Unfortunately, rats have also found the hut thanks to the enticing smell of soap left behind. There’s plenty of fat in soap to keep … Read more
Our April presentations are staying closer to home this month with: 9 April – our Annual General Meeting. Don’t think that you needn’t attend as everyone else will. This is an important night for the club so please do come along; 16 April – Illona Keenan is taking us down to the Sub-Antarctic islands and will share … Read more
This month we have three new senior members joining WTMC – Shay Bendall, Raymond Morgan and Ian Harvey. Welcome! Thank you to those who have renewed their membership subs, but there are still a few of yet to pay. Please make payment within the next few days before your membership is ‘suspended’. Lastly thank you … Read more
Syme Hut and Mt Taranaki – a Sherpa assisted ascent An attempt to climb Mt Taranaki with two trampers acting as Sherpas and carrying all the shared camping gear We met at Wellington Railway Station at 1730 on Friday night: Tony, Illona, Rachel, Becky, Meena, Dave and I. We were very interested to meet the Sherpas … Read more
The extended Waitangi Day weekend afforded the perfect opportunity for WTMC members to take in the delights of the top of the South. So along with a ‘fit’ group tackling the Leslie-Karamea track and others defying gravity in the Nelson Lakes area, a select group of three ‘easy-mediums’ took on the less strenuous, less technical, … Read more
To the South Island with racks and ropes and heavy packs. We started out early on Thursday with a water taxi across Lake Rotoiti to Coldwater hut, weather calm and sunny, couldn’t ask for more for the 8-9 hour trudge up the Travers valley. Lunched at John Tait in fairly good time and continued up … Read more