Alpine

A trip to the Gardens

Date: Christmas 2009.
Trip type: Alpine 2 Fit.
Location: Southern Alps.
Author: Marie Henderson.
Trampers: Jenny Beaumont, Sharron Came, Tua Gorgens, Marie Henderson, David Jewel, Mike Phethean.

Whenever I sign up for a trip like this it is because I have absolutely no idea what the trip is apart from there will be some glaciers and ice plateaus and so “yes please” pops out well before my rational side can pipe in with “Hmmm well that must also mean crossing some potentially … Read more

Alpine Courses Update

Date: Winter 2009.
Trip type: Instruction.
Location: Mt Ruapehu.
Author: Sharron Came (Photos - Katharina Monien).
Trampers: AIC: Andrew McLellan, John Thompson, Yibai He, John Duggan. Snowcraft: Allen Higgins, David Jewell, Marie Henderson, Steve Austin.

This year the Club again ran both an Alpine Instruction Course and a Snowcraft course. We had 6 people on the AIC and 14 doing Snowcraft so a total of 20 students. At the time of writing we had just completed the Snowcraft course while the AIC still had its final weekend to go. We enjoyed two brilliant … Read more