Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
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Sharron Came, President Those of you sitting on the edge of your seats in anticipation of reading the annual report will have to wait a little longer. Perhaps you could sign up for a tramp to pass the time. The accounts are currently with the auditor and I expect to have the report ready to … Read more
For the past couple of months, Richard, Sharron and I, along with some expert helpers, have been formulating a PLB policy for the club. After the first activation of a club PLB over Christmas (see Jenny’s account), we realised that it would be useful to set out assumptions and guidelines around PLBs, particularly as committee … Read more
Helen Law, Membership officer Membership subs Thank you to all of you who have renewed your membership subs. There are still a number who are yet to pay up; they will receive another reminder email from me. If you are one of those people please renew your membership as soon as possible. You can pay … Read more
In 2013, the club developed a policy for use of PLBs, including using PLBs on WTMC trips and using WTMC PLBs on personal trips. Visit the club’s website for the latest version of this policy.
We had a group of 6 trampers for this daywalk with stunning sunshine weather; the day it was forecasted to be sunshine for another 10 days! We had 2 cars and met Grant the ranger at the main car park whereupon he let us in to the water collection area through a couple of gates … Read more
After a slightly bleary-eyed 7.30am meet on the Saturday morning, a club minibus jam-packed with sleepy trampers left for the Tararuas in hot pursuit after Illona’s car. As a tramping-virgin, I had been warned about the mysteriously misty, murky and muddy Tararuas and had sat through various club presentations picturing drizzly-looking forest and decidedly damp-looking … Read more
When Gareth asked me for the sixth time “have you committed to the Jumbo-Holdsworth?” I weighed up the pros and cons for the sixth time. Pros – no time left to do any training, have run the route before and enjoyed it, unlikely to be snow this time. Cons – have not done any training, … Read more
Having attended the obligatory two club tramps before becoming a member, and a trip leading session, it was appropriate to contribute in a small way by volunteering to lead a trip. Encouraged by my brother in-law Mike and the fact that a number of other trips were planned around Nelson at the same time, this … Read more
As we were doing a crossing we had a few transport logistics issues. We left Wellington Station on the 5:30pm train bound for Masterton, a lovely scenic ride, with the goal getting a pickup from the MF Blackwater-Makaretu group on the Sunday afternoon. We arrived in Masterton a bit hungry and in no real hurry, … Read more
As I now hold double (dubious) honour of setting off the first WTMC beacon rescue, and the first time I have asked others to get me out of a tricky situation, I have been contemplating the necessity, or otherwise, of carrying a PLB. It is only in the last few years I have started to … Read more