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The WTMC 2017 Annual General Meeting is on Wednesday 5 April at 7:30 pm. Please come along, particularly if you have any comments or suggestions for the club committee. We will have tea and biscuits from 7pm, and you’ll get a chance to meet our ‘A-team’ committee. Below you’ll find links to all the relevant … Read more
Two groups piled into the van at Wellington Station on Friday night and then headed off to the Wairarapa and then Tamaki West Road campsite (near Dannevirke). The plan was to drop Richard off for the night at his parent’s house near the road-end and for the rest of us to camp at the road-end. … Read more
The weather this summer hasn’t been great, and so it wasn’t a surprise to see a forecast of thunderstorms for the weekend where we planned to tramp the Otaki Forks – Penn Creek – Pakihore Ridge – Kime – Otaki Forks loop. And so the route evolved during the week and ended up as a … Read more
Photos submitted for the 2017 WTMC competition will be judged by Grant Newton on Wednesday 19 July at the usual club night time of 7:30 pm. So – all of you who take photos of NZ mountain scenery and mountain related activities are invited to send the best results of your efforts to [email protected] before 5 … Read more
In the brief fortnight of summer this year the family group went out for a couple of day walks to explore the rather foreign concept of warm sunshine. Hemi Matenga Reserve Sunday 26th February 2017 The Hemi Matenga reserve in Waikanae on was first up, and up it was, a good 400m climb between carpark … Read more
In order to overcome the issue of people signing up without being fully committed to trips (and hence putting keen/available people on the wait list), we have added and additional section to the back page of the sign-up sheet. This section is titled “Cannot Commit/Keep me Posted” and enables people to show an interest only. … Read more
Last year a few members from the WTMC smashed out a weekend trip to Cloudy peak. Their goal had been the Great Prow, a 9 pitch alpine climb with varying grades up to 14. They had one day and the weather wasn’t cooperative. After waiting for cloud and mist to clear, they started at 10am and … Read more
Another WTMC trip to Mt Taranaki and the East Ridge A fun day climbing the solid rock (an old lava flow) from Straford Road up the East Ridge to the Sharks Tooth then the summit of Mt Taranaki. Taranaki always seems a lonely mountain separated from all his mates on the Central Plateau. The Maori … Read more
There are a few changes afoot at the Federated Mountain Clubs, including a new name and new look for your quarterly FMC Bulletin (next one due out later in March). There is also some interesting reading in their latest newsletter. Read all about the FMC news here: http://www.fmc.org.nz/news/fmc-newsletters/
Please have your say – Wellington Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) is out for consultation – submission due 4 April. This is a 10-year document that puts general policies into practice for the places and resources the Department of Conservation manages. That covers everything that we love about tramping. Please read this link http://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/have-your-say/all-consultations/2016/draft-wellington-cms-consultation/more-information/ (it is much … Read more