Just saw this on the FMC May newsletter and thought I would post here for any interested: The Outdoor Pursuits Centre (OPC) is offering a range of Winter Skills Courses and a Risk Management Training Course from late June through to mid-August 2012.  Courses include Introductory and Intermediate Mountain Skills -each 5 days duration ...

Hi everyone,   Freshers is coming up next weekend (16-18 March) and it will be a great trip as we expect at least 50 of you to be joining us. Leaving on Friday evening on a bus around 5pm, it is an easy tramp for beginners and great introduction to tramping in New Zealand. We are walking to Totara Flats and camping overnight and then ...

I'm sure FMC's scholarships must be a well known fact but we should apply for this for the mid-winter trip! http://www.fmc.org.nz/scholarship/expedition-scholarship/

Hey Mikey I don't have any overtrousers and wondering how legit the gloves have to be. Waterproof? I have those thin katmandu ones. Also are we bringing cookers? Thanks, Josie