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Tramping Reports Wednesday 2009 Sep 02 to Tuesday 2009 Sep 08

Wednesday:

Ray Markham ran a trip to Barney's Whare. They saw lots of female seals and pups in the sea there. 14 members, 1 non-member.

Bill Wheeler led a Holdsworth-Jumbo trip. It was too windy, so they had to cut the trip short. 6 members.

Weekend:

David Grainger led a climbing trip to Mt Taranaki. On Saturday they had a practice climb at Warwick Castle. On Sunday 8 people got to the summit of Taranaki. It was pretty icy, so they set up static lines. 4 pitches up, 6 down. 5 members, 3 non-members.

Janette Roberts led a trip to Toka Biv in the Ruahines. After a chat to the Pohangina Field Office staff, and in view of the forecast strong southeasterlies, Janette decided not to visit Toka Biv. Instead they enjoyed a relaxed walk up to Rangiwahia Hut on Saturday afternoon, followed by a tramp along the Whanahuia Range on Sunday, where the views were superb and many future outings were plotted, before descending the Deadman's Ridge. 6 members.

Neil Challand's moonlight Southern Crossing was cancelled due to no snow.

Jenny Olsen's ski/cycle trip to Ohakune was cancelled due to the leader's illness.

Ski:

Shona Fokerd led the ski week 30 Aug - 3 Sep. The weather was a bit miserable, but the kids got to race on Wed and Thurs. 17 members, 3 non-members.

Charlie Georgiou led the ski weekend. Fri was blowing a gale, Sat not great, but Sun was good weather. 15 members 3 non-members.

Family:

Kenny Taggart led a cycle trip on Sunday along the Hutt River trail. It was a lovely day and they went for 10 km. 7 adults, 7 children.

Saturday:

David Castle led a Whakanui-McKerrow circuit combined with some kiwi tracking. 2 members.

Michael Bartlett led at trip along MacKenzie Track: fine weather, good views. 4 members, 1 non-member.

Sunday:

Alan Wright led a walk through Waikanae's Hemi Matenga reserve. It was a lovely day, calm and warm. 9 members, including 3 kids.

Neil Challands led a walk up Judd Ridge to Tabletop, down an amusing spur to Penn Creek Hut, back up the track to Tabletop and out. A beautiful day, but 10 hours long. 3 members.

Total 88 members and 11 non members