Is that a marshmallow in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

Powell-Jumbo Loop   Joe Prebble (scribe)  Ben Clark, Richard Davies   A fairly light sleep in Powell Hut on Friday night, as a group from the Wainui Christian College shared bad jokes and saliva into the night. Not helped much by their teacher, who took a Ned Flanders approach to discipline, attempting to pull them into ...

Abel Tasman October 2005 - Warning Girly Trip Followsby Annabel Beattie It all began one Monday morning on the Kaitiaki in the middle of Wellington harbour amidst pouring rain. Our dream girly trip - booze, beautiful beaches and no boys - had just begun. Then someone who shall remain nameless realised what that niggly feeling that ...

TEAM SUPREME: MID-WINTER 2005Initial team: Amelia, Hayley and AlyssaFinal team: Anna, Andrew, Amelia, Hayley and AlyssaLevel: EasyDestination: Lake Sumner Forest Park, North Canterbury Well, where to begin…Our mid-winter trip began like any other, we met at the ferry terminal at the designated time, claimed our tickets, checked in our ...

Lastly, after having ploughed up the ground I would now like to take advantage of the occasion and sow the idea of an adventures tramp over the holidays. I could imagine something - or anything really - in the Nelson Lakes NP or the Kahurangi NP etc. May that thought fall on fertile soil. Let me know! Jeroen Sieburgh

Oxymoron tramping – From Switzerland with LoveJeroen SieburghProposal: “An exhausting tramp is the most revitalising form of a vacation.”My definition of a successful holiday is such that, once I have returned to daily life, I feel refreshed and have a huge grin on my face. In this brief essay I shall outline why lying on some ...

Neil Winchcombe Ridge Loop 18-20 November 2005  A while in the planning we set out on a sunny Friday evening after work with a goal: Cone Hut Friday night then Kime or Alpha via Winchombe ridge on Saturday and back out via Bull Mound on Sunday. After a quick stop at a local F & C shop we headed off in Alyn’s car to Walls Whare ...