The club has gear available for Club tramping and alpine trips at no cost. Trip leaders will allocate items to the group to carry and may ask you to pick them up from the Club gear room.
Club members may also borrow some items of Club gear for private trips at no cost by prior arrangement with the gear custodian (see below what items can be loaned). Club trips will have priority for the loan of gear. We will consider requests from non-members to borrow Club gear on a case-by-case basis for a donation to the Club.
If you have any queries about WTMC gear hire or would like to borrow gear for private use, contact gear@wtmc.org.nz. If you’d like to volunteer to help out on the Wednesday night gear roster, contact gear@wtmc.org.nz.
Gear room opening time
The club gear room is open every Wednesday night from 6.30-7pm, downstairs at the Tararura Tramping Club Hall, 4 Moncrief Street, Mount Victoria. Come down the steps at the side of the hall, or if it is a club social night, you can come through the hall and down the stairs.
Responsibilities when borrowing Club gear
- Club gear must be returned the Wednesday after it is taken out, so that it can be available for the following weekend’s trips.
- Clean and dry flies, tents and bothy bags before returning them to avoid mould.
- Report any damage to club gear and use of First Aid equipment to the gear person so it can be repaired/restocked.
- If you lose or destroy gear hired from WTMC, we may (depending on the circumstances) ask you to buy equivalent replacement gear.
Club gear list
Safety equipment
Must be carried on every Club trip. Not available for loan for private trips. NZ Mountain Safety Council has a list of outlets PLBs can be hired from for private use here: https://www.mountainsafety.org.nz/learn/skills/communications/plb-hire
| Item | Information and instructions |
| Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) | PLBs should be kept inside their dry bag, and only used in accordance with the club PLB policy. The Rescue Coordination Centre is informed of Club’s volunteer emergency contact person who is on duty for the weekend (or duration) of Club trips. That person is contacted if a Club PLB is activated, and the Club’s emergency contact procedure is then followed.
The Club owns two different types of PLBs. FastFind 220 Watch a video on how to operate them here (starts at 0:50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT5j3j1P1-Q&t=3s
GME MT410G Watch a video on how to operate them here (starts at 10:10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuNdWMAgRpY&t=625s
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| First Aid Kits | Approx 700g.
Contain gloves, face shield, emergency blanket, Panadol, hydration sachets, saline tubes, safety pins, tweezers, scissors, triangular bandage, elastic bandage, crepe bandage, strapping tape, alcohol swabs, gladwrap, dressing pad, gauze swabs, wound closure dressings, flexi strip. |
Shelter
Each Club trip must carry sufficient shelter for all group members in the form of tarps, bothy bags or tents (including when the intent is to stay in a hut overnight). Huntsman tarps and bothy bags may be loaned by Club members for private trips. Ultralight tarps and tents are not available for loan for private trips.
| Tarps | For emergency shelter on tramping trips
Small Ultralight tarps – 3 x 2m – 380g – sufficient shelter for x people Large ultralight tarps – 3x3m – 550g – sufficient shelter for x people Watch a video on ways to set up a tarp here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-f61tbWH4\
The club also have older model Huntsman tarps in small (sufficient shelter for 2-3 people) and large (sufficient shelter for 5-6 people) |
| Bothy Bags (4 person) | For shelter and warmth on trips to exposed areas where extreme weather is possible. Not designed to be slept in.
Approx weight: 600g. Read more about bothy bags and how to use them here: https://www.advnture.com/features/what-is-a-bothy-bag
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| 2 person Tents | The Club has 2 lightweight tents (2.45kg) available for Club tenting trips for those who do not have a private tent. A heavier 2-person tent is also available.
Great for road end camping or carrying between 2 people.
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Other gear
Optional for Club trips. May be loaned by Club members for private trips
| Billies | For group cooking/ boiling water. Personal hiking stove and gas canister required.
Approx 450g.
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| Compasses | The Silva Ranger Compass is a classic baseplate compass. Features include a rubber grip for easy handling, use-anywhere declination scale inside the capsule, built-in magnifier, map scales in millimetres, 1:50.000 and 1:25.000 and, when activated in light, luminous markings for night-time use. It comes with a detachable safety-release lanyard
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Alpine gear
Helmets, ice axes, and crampons available for Club alpine trips and may be loaned by Club members for private trips
To be updated.