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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Non Club Trips or Activities</title><link>https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/14/ShowForum.aspx</link><description>Anything not officially a club trip - tramps, mountain biking.. anything else..</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.1)</generator><item><title>Mountaineering Courses/Instruction</title><link>https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/thread/2404.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:48:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">16d72366-88ed-474a-b0cc-65d60f7c13e3:2404</guid><dc:creator>Ollie</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/thread/2404.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>https://old.vuwtc.org.nz:443/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=2404</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;Hello,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;In case some of the members of your tramping club are keen on &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;attempting &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;something a bit more challenging than what they've done before, we &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;just &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;wanted to offer some options for you to consider:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;1) A crossing of Fitzgerald Pass via the Jubilee Route - requires &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;competence &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;with crampons and ice-axe. (Don't attempt this unguided because it &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;took &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;several attempts for us to find a safe route.)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A target="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/fitzgeraldpass.html" href="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/fitzgeraldpass.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;"&gt;http://www.alpinerecreation.com/fitzgeraldpass.html&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;2) A climb of Mt Sefton (from surf to summit - not by helicopter!) - &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;once &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;again this requires good crampon skills. See Mount Sefton info:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A target="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/otherpeaks.html" href="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/otherpeaks.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;"&gt;http://www.alpinerecreation.com/otherpeaks.html&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;3) For those who to have professional tuition on climbing skills we &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;have 4 &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;day or 6-day climbing courses:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A target="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/climb.html" href="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/climb.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;"&gt;http://www.alpinerecreation.com/climb.html&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;4) The Ball Pass Trek – suitable for seasoned trampers who do not &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;want to &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;carry a heavy pack:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A target="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/ballpass.html" href="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/ballpass.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;"&gt;http://www.alpinerecreation.com/ballpass.html&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A target="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/photos_ballpass.html" href="http://www.alpinerecreation.com/photos_ballpass.html"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;"&gt;http://www.alpinerecreation.com/photos_ballpass.html&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;We offer a 20% discount on the normal price for group bookings of 6-8 &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;people &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;for Ball Pass. For the Introductory Climbing Course there's a 10% &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;discount &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;for a group booking of 3 and 20% for a group booking for 4.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;If you think any of your members could be interested, we'd be most &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;grateful &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;if you could include this info in a newsletter or forward it by &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;e-mail.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;Many thanks,&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;BR style="-khtml-border-horizontal-spacing:2px;-khtml-border-vertical-spacing:2px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-spacing:2px 2px;font-size:13px;"&gt;Anne Braun-Elwert&lt;/SPAN&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>