Wellington Tramping and Mountaineering Club
Enjoying the great outdoors since 1947
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Saturday –Waiohine Gorge Roadend –Cone Hut-Tutuwai Hut We left the railway station at 8:30am on Saturday morning and drove to the Waiohine Gorge Roadend. We hit the track at about 10:45am by crossing the highest swing bridge in the Tararuas and took the left track that would take us through to Cone Hut. From there … Read more
I’d heard about the Mukamuka Munter from friends and read a bit about it on the website. It sounded hard and I’d always had an excuse for giving it a miss until 2012 when I found myself listed next to the race in the Spring Trip Schedule. Even then I wasn’t unduly worried thinking nobody … Read more
Originally we were supposed to be picking up the Moonlight Southern Crossing (FE) group on Sunday at midday-ish, but as that trip was called off we had a lot more freedom on departure times and return times. We left the station at a very reasonable 9am on Saturday morning, a nice change from the typical … Read more
At the Search and Rescue AGM on 30 August 2012, retiring member Ian Bunckenburg – ‘Buncks’ – received a long service award in recognition of his many years of service to search and rescue in the Wellington region. As well as his time spent on operations, Bunks has spent a considerable amount of time mentoring … Read more
The website users’ list has been updated so all your contact details should now be up to date. Even better, there are 28-odd new members who have been added to the website users’ list. If you’re one of these users, you should have received a ‘welcome’ email with some details about how to log onto … Read more
There are three DoC walks near the Wairarapa coast that may be of interest to you: Rockyhill: 6km return and has great views. Honeycomb Rock: a flat 10km return along the beach and passes seal colony. Oumakura Stream Bush Reserve: 400 acres of nice bush to walk around, with lots of wild deer living that … Read more
Sharron Came, President At the time of writing I am looking forward to heading up to our fully booked Lodge for the last weekend of Snowcraft 2012. Magic to have a good weather forecast and to know there is currently white stuff coating the rocks. Of course it will be interesting to see what Tongariro … Read more
Amanda Wells, Chief Guide We’ve completed the trip schedule for Spring, which runs from September till Anniversary weekend in January. Thanks to all those who have signed up to lead trips; you play the most important role in the club. It’s inspiring to see so many people who completed the leadership course earlier this year … Read more
Helen Law, Membership officer This month we welcome four senior members: Rini Sugianto, Brendan Eckert, Jenna Mein and Meena Kadri. We also welcome Ellie Atkins joining as child member. If you have recently changed your postal address or your contact details need updating, please notify me by sending me an email or send it … Read more
Jenny Beaumont, Social convenor Wednesday night talks this month: 29th August – “shorts night”. Let me know if you’d like to show a few slides. 5th September – Katja Reidel will give us some pointers on how to take a good photo.. come and be inspired to enter our annual photo competition! 12th September – Family tramping … Read more