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Mt Travers/Upper Travers Hut - 29-31 January 2005
Mt Travers/Upper Travers Hut. Organiser: David Blunt. The Anniversary weekend trip was rescheduled from one which was cancelled 12 months earlier due to bad weather. There were no such worries this time with warm settled conditions and after a slightly...
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Crusader. Organiser: Tony Haddon Veeerrry hot day. 8 starters, 6 summiteers. Large falling rock on way up and large falling rock on way down. Particularly itchy and scratchy undergrowth. Two chamois on top. Two pairs of shorts written off. One pair of...
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Downie Hut - 15-16 January 2005
Downie Hut. Organiser: Grahame Harris After we failed to meet a prospective new tramper due to a communication failure, twelve people eventually set forth in three vehicles to the car park in the colossal dairying empire at the foot of the Tutaki...
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Tapawera Xmas Walk/Picnic - 19 December 2004
Tapawera Xmas Walk/Picnic. Organiser: David Blunt After a day or two of unseasonably cold weather with snow on the ranges, it dawned clear for the Xmas picnic at Tapawera where about 2 dozen of us arrived mid morning at the village. Here we were met by...
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Lees Creek - 17-20 December 2004
Lees Creek. Organiser: Ruth Hesselyn As predicted, the atmosphere was a little miserable as we watched the rain from St Arnauds coffee shop. My last minute decision to sneak up Hellfire Creek in a possible weather break hadn't panned out! So, plan B...