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Tramping Reports Wednesday 2009 Aug 19 to Tuesday 2009 Aug 25

There were two Wednesday trips along the Southern Walkway.One had 4 members and the other had 12 members.They had fine weather but were walking into a chilly southerly.

Ski week at the lodge peaked at 15 people. For the weekend there was 22 members and 5 non-members at the lodge. The weekend was whiteout conditions but good skiing.

The weekend climbing trip to Mt Cupola had two members.They started at 4:00 in the morning to climb the south ridge of Cupola (grade 3+) and summited on dusk. They then bivyed out at over 2000m in a snow mound. Next morning was claggy day and they couldn't find the easy route down, so it took them 10 hours to get back to the hut (which made them a day late). They were able to contact Police an hour and a half before SAR started a search. The verdict: they loved every minute of it.

The Saturday M/F trip walked the Skyline/Te Araroa route from South Karori through to Colonial Knob. The 11 members had sun and no wind. The 7 km pound along North Ohariu Rd is tough on feet.

The Sunday family trip had three families comprising 5 adults and 6 children aged ranging 4 to 10 for a walk up Korokoro stream to the dam and back.

The Sunday E/M trip into East Harbour RP had 13 members and 1 non-member for a beautiful day. The highlight was seeing and hearing a falcon.

Total of 90 members and 6 non-members