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2009-11-04 | Tramping Reports | 2009-11-18

The 10 members on the Wednesday E/M trip to Long Gully and Wrights Hill had wild windy weather but they had reached relative shelter before the rain arrived.

The weekend medium trip into the Blackwater/Waiopehu ended up being a daytrip to explore the Makeretu valley. The 3 members had fun exploring the gorges for a 9 hour day.

There was 3 members and 1 non member on the Saturday medium trip up East Holdworth ridge. The gale force winds on the open top (estimated by an experienced ski-patroller among them at 110km/hr plus) stopped them in their tracks and forced them to retreat by the same route.

The 3 members of the M/F daytrip found the going up the true left of the Waiohine from Walls Whare much more awkward than they remembered it and could find no sign of the former trail. They afternoon was better going with a very good animal trail up the TR of Deep Ck. They then ascended what they expected to be a little travelled spur to Waiohine peak only to find the spur had an intensive array of predator traps complete with numerous dead rats and one stoat. It ended up a 10 hour day.

The climbing trip to do the east ridge of Taranaki was postpone because of the weather. The 4 members on the rock climbing trip to the Organ Pipes on Taranaki had a good days climbing on Saturday.. They camped in the wind under the Eiger but suffered a tent pole collapse at 3 am requiring urgent repair and they had to retreat at first light.

Total 23 members and 1 non-member