Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
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The Kepler Challenge is promoted as NZ’s premier mountain running event and is an event that I thought was achievable in a respectable time with the correct training and utmost commitment. It takes place along the entire route of The Kepler Track outside Te Anau and is 60km long with approximately 1500 metre of ascent … Read more
Back before the break, Helen Law led an excellent pre-Christmas trip to Te Kopahou Reserve near the south coast. We gathered at the WTMC club rooms on Saturday morning to begin our walk to the reserve. Our ultimate goal was some World War II bunkers and an observation post high above the Red Rocks and … Read more
Conditions couldn’t have been more perfect as we set off from the Khandallah swimming pool at around 9.30am. There was just enough sun to make it a beautiful day and just enough cloud to make it not so hot. Not a lot of wind was forecast for the day, although that didn’t mean anything to … Read more
It’s hard to think of a new angle on a trip across the Southern Crossing. It’s a classic Tararua tramp, but so well traversed by so many feet that all sorts of invention is practiced to make it a more interesting story to relate. This ranges from the traditional one day and moonlight versions, through … Read more
Dear Santa, I swear I’ve been good this year. Don’t eat that dehy meal I’ve left out for you too quickly or you’ll get indigestion. It’s not compulsory but you may want to add hot water to it. Jug is on the left hand side of the bench just flick the switch. Also, I would … Read more
At the last minute, the Summer schedule came together and far exceeded my expectations. A big thanks to all our trip leaders! As an experiment, we’d included January again (after making it part of the Spring schedule) to see if we could get some more leaders. This worked, with a better array of trips now … Read more
This month we welcome Michael Schier as a new senior member. Your subscription invoice is being sent out at the moment, if you do not receive yours by Christmas, either by email or by post, please contact me to verify your contact details and resend the invoice to you.
Jenny Beaumont, Social convenor Thanks to all who came along to the club rooms on the 21st to celebrate 65 years of the WTMC with us on the 21st November! We had a great evening with some tales from the past from Sue, wonderful slides shown from the good old days from Sue, Brian and Harry, some more … Read more
The trouble with a working world is that we never seem to have enough time to complete the trip that one wants. This year was different and Anzac day fell on a Wednesday so with just two days leave we could manage a full five day trip. Plenty of time, none of this let’s run … Read more
After a wonderful side trip to the stunning Travers Falls, a few of us decided to tackle Cupola Hut. DOC’s estimated time was 2.5 hours to the hut and we saw from the map that we would have a 500m climb just before reaching it. Our honourable leader did not think we could make it … Read more