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HI I am Ella and I’m 10 years old. I went on a tramp to the Big Bend campsite in the Orongorongo river valley with Dad (Barry), Ollie my brother aged 7, Hamish who is 8 and his dad Richard. It was quite a simple walk. It was Ollie’s first tramp with the club. At … Read more
David’s plan for this EM nav trip was to investigate rumours of an alternative route into the YTYY hut. This route was purported to depart from the track somewhere in the vicinity of a large slip, which has already forced a short re-routing of the original track, and ascend towards the summit marked with a … Read more
A small contingent from WTMC family group made the climb up to field hut on Saturday night (18 May). The party consisted of four 10-year olds and a rag tag assortment of five adults. The weather was overcast and dry – as dry as walking through the clouds can be. The tramp included five families … Read more
We are a very lucky Club. Last weekend four of our life members braved a freezing southerly to patch the roof of the Club Lodge thereby fixing the lounge leak. Life members are worth their weight in gold particularly when it comes to looking after our Lodge. They are also an inspiration in terms of … Read more
This is Debbie Buck the Assistant Chief Guide, filling in for Mike, who is off mountaineering in Alaska. This makes me think of two short and sweet topics to write about whilst I fill in for him this month: navigation and enjoying the cold outdoors. 1) Navigation There are a few day and weekend navigation … Read more
This month we welcome the following new members: Child members: Thomas Ralls, Charlie and Iona Wood Associate member: Jane Cox, and her children Matthew, Henry and Angus Cox Senior members: Mike Moore and Rob Edward The club has ordered the 2013-2014 Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) membership cards. If you are a full club member, you will receive a … Read more
With the winter nights starting to creep in, rather than hibernating at home, come on down to the club rooms and be entertained, wowed and stunned by our amazing speakers. Coming up, we have Harry Smith taking us over Ball Pass; Katja will stun us with her photos from Svalbard; and DJ and Sharron will … Read more
Jan and I have spent a week early May looking after a school group and then helping a very hard working team to bring in winter food supplies for the lodge and making it clean and ready for the winter ski season. The Sunday prior to this, four of us spent the day doing remedial … Read more
Plan A: lug rock climbing kit up the Hopkins to Dasler Biv enjoying spectacular views of Mt Ward along the way. Camp in an alpine basin above the biv and climb the Dasler Pinnacles: a spectacular set of grey pointy things at 2315m. Plan abandoned due to a lack of interest in the frostbite thought … Read more