Just to emphasise, the tubing aspect of the trip (down the Mohaka River) is purely voluntary, possibly slightly crazy and definitely weather dependent - it should be fun though, so if you can get hold of the gear...

Hey guys, Glenn Pennycook is offering a couple of free alpine courses again this year: 5-6 July (basic rope) and 12-13 July (advanced). See his website here for more details. I'd highly recommend going on his basic climbing with ropes course, I did it last year and its what really got me into it! He has a great no-nonsense way of teaching ...

Come along to the meeting on Tuesday (7.30pm in Mtg Rms 1 & 2, Student Union Building) to find out about the Gourmet trip this weekend. Also Terra's got someone along to talk to us about sustainability. See you there :)

Hey guys, this weekend's club trip is the Gourmet tramp to the Kawekas - although Hawke's Bay may seem a long way to go, the combination of hot pools (at both ends of the track), an easy 2-3 hour walk in beside the river and the aforesaid river to tube down the next day make this very worthwhile! Gourmet is all about throwing out your usual ...

Sorry, I forget I have special administrative permissions sometime - bushcraft and easter albums should now be generally accessible to members of the website for uploading too!

Check out the T-shirt designs we came up with on Tuesday here http://vuwtc.org.nz/cs/photos/tshirt2008/default.aspx - feel free to add some more or to redraw some of these better. We will decide on a final design after the holidays. Feel free also to post comments here on what you think of them... Cheers,