Summer Break Info
Hope your holidays have been nothing short of legendary! We know some of you might be itching to get outdoors, and we have some inspo for you. If you need gear, the gear locker will only be open weekly by…
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Refreshers this weekend 20-21 of July!
Where is it? : Otehake hot pools – That’s right it’s a pretty cool spot surrounded by the bush and a radical place to hang out and make new friends. What is the route like? ( Medium route is red…
High Thumb, Low Thumb
A brief account of a solid mission by a solid crew: Rachel Smith, along with Robert Phillips, Liv Martin, Kerry Clapham, Luke Whitehead & Alida van Vugt The weekend began with a classic days’ tramping. After driving up to Mesopotamia,…
The ‘fun’ Fox Glacier Route
Rachel Smith & Robert Phillips | February 2021 Armed with some 3-month old (but apparently outdated) route advice, Rob & I created the ‘fun’ route up the Fox glacier to Chancellor hut: A) Kerosene taxi: Cheating! (not that we could…
Good Mates on Scarface
Author: Max Truell After Ben’s breakup and my two weeks of unfulfilling unemployment, we were in need of a mission, and we had just the one in mind. The plan started over a year ago and like most EMTH 119…
Cloud Rock Bivvy
This story starts, as many do, during the early hours of the morning in the mighty Riccarton. Despite the darkness, Hamish and Marina were quite happy with their sleep, and begun an optimistic conversation about their preparedness as we pulled…
Freshers!
3rd – 4th February By Zoë Marshall-Means What a start to the year. I decided to ditch my mates at Electric Ave at midnight the night before (dick move, I know), in order to go on Freshers. I messaged Hovey…
Shaun gets Stuck and Hovey Hits his Head
There was a bit of theme on this impromptu, poorly researched but awesome and remote 3 day weekend-but-not-really-a-weekend. With end of term assignments stacking up, I wanted to be free of uni early so I stayed up till 4 in…
Brass Monkey Biv
Two and a half hours of sleeping later my alarm went off at the bright and early time of 5am. That’s what happens when you host the CUSSC Intro BBQ at your flat the night before. Congregating at the foundry…
9 EASY Steps to Bush-bash at Home!
Miss swearing at trees? Forgotten what it feels like to climb through gorse? Skin too intact? With all this time off tramping your brain might be trying to forget the trauma of your last proper bush bash. But fear not!…