Participants: Rose Pearson (scribe), Andre Eger, Nick Riordan, Mathew Falloon
Dates: 2013
It began with a text:
Mathew F: Would you be interested in going to the Ellerslie Flower show? For extra difficulty Saturday or Sunday.
Rose P: Oh maybe Sunday. I’m planning to fast pack the 3 passes tramp around Arthurs Pass. Depends on how fast we go.
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Participants: Tae Park, Glen Baxter, Josie Dransfeld, Charlotte Stephen-Brownie, Sergei, Gordy Kast, Andrew Spencer, Arty
Date: 19-20th July
Words and images: Charlotte Stephen-Brownie
The forecast said “snow flurries to 500 m in the Canterbury High Country, blowing in from the south east”. Our gamble, after much discussion, was that the Torlesse Range would catch the snow, and leave us, on the Cass-Lagoon track in the middle of winter, comfortably high and dry. Fortunately, the gamble paid off, and we enjoyed a crisp, clear weather window.
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Participants: Alex Warnaar, Jeff Ducrot, Rachael Horner, Tania Seward, Richard White.
Date: 28-29th June 2014
Words and images: Tania Seward
Bushbashing (noun): the process of forcing a path through the bush
How to go bush bashing in the Kaikouras, in 13 easy steps:
Participants: Various CUTC club members, and Holly the dog
Date: 20th July 2014
Words: Roger Rougemont
Images: Matthias Heyne and Michelle Lambert
If the problem is a grey drizzly day in Christchurch, what is the answer?
If the problem is low energy, or general lethargy, what is the answer?
You guessed it! Go TRAMPING.
Participants: Alex Warnaar, Tania Seward, Jeff Ducrot, Anna Larsson, Laura King, Zeinab Chegini, Timothy Manning, Richard White, Shawn Fostner, Victor Santos
Dates: 14-15th June 2014
Words and images: Tania Seward
Once upon a time, in the hallowed Kirkwood Village, a gathering of fierce warriors took place. Each had brought their sturdy tramping boots and were ready and willing to fit their crampons.
At the start of the meeting, Glen the Warrior Instructor checked the weather forecast… and told the warriors to put their boots away, as there would be no Snowcraft that weekend. Instead, the warriors drank beer together and there was great merriment.
Continue reading “How Ten Fearsome Snow Warriors Overcame the Curse of Mistress Winter”
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