Tararua Tramping Club | TrampingReports / 2009-06-24 browse

2009-06-17 | Tramping Reports | 2009-07-01

Tramping Reports Wednesday 2009 Jun 24 to Tuesday 2009 Jun 30

The Wednesday solstice event at Catchpool had 44 people for a beautiful day. They highly recommend the new Catchpool education centre as a venue.

The winter solstice lodge party ... Skifield is closed.

Nine members and 2 non-members spent a week kayaking in Tonga. NO deep blue lagoons and blue skies. Instead they got storms, 1.5 m swells, steady strong winds and great snorkling.A challenging trip but great fun.

The weekend trip to Kapakapanui hut had 4 members.Their new motto is 'Never Give Up' after it took them 2 hours to light the fire. In the end they got a good base to dry out the wood to keep the hut nice and warm. Weather cool but pleasant with some good views.

The Saturday M/F trip had 6 members. They climbed Mt Clmie from the Mangaroa valley and spent the whole 8.5 hour day walking in the cloud. The 7 members and 2 non-members of the medium trip further south at Old Wakanuireported 6.5 hours in the cloud. They ran into 2 kiwi trackers who report that there are now about 30 kiwi in the Turere catchment, roughly equal numbers of male and female.

The Sunday E/M trip from Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton had 3 members who walked into a cold brisk wind. Four families, 16 members, children ranging from 3 1/2 to 12 years old did the Battle Hill summit loop. Unfortunately it was a bit too windy and cold to linger for too long on the tops in order to admire the view but some of the children enjoyed the challenge of remaining upright! Despite the wind, everyone enjoyed themselves.

89 members and 4 non-members