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UPRISING
The Monthly Newsletter of the Canterbury/Westland Section of the New Zealand Alpine Club
May 2019
Section Meeting- May 9th – Andy Buchanan, Peaks Out My Window
Uprising
Newsletter of the Canterbury/Westland section, New Zealand Alpine Club
May 2019
Contributions are more than welcome. Please send to
nzac.cw.newsletter@gmail.com by the 25th of each month. Thanks!
Section meetings 2
Club trips and events 4
Notices 7
Section Meetings
Oxford Baptist Terrace Church, DOORS OPEN 7 PM, TALK STARTS 7:30
May 9th – Andy Buchanan, “Peaks out my window”
This talk by Andy Buchanan will describe his self-imposed five year challenge to
climb 132 peaks in the Southern Alps which are visible from The Sugarloaf at the top
of the Christchurch Port Hills, just above the Sign of the Kiwi.
June 6th, 7th and 8th – Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
In Brief
• Get some great ski bargains with a Bargain Book from Disabled Snowsports
Canterbury – more info in notices http://www.dsc.org.nz/bargain-booklets/
• DOC is seeking the views of the public on draft amendments to the West Coast Te
Tai o Poutini Conservation Management Strategy (CMS) 2010, more info here
• The Paparoa Track will now open on 1 December 2019, replacing the previous
opening scheduled for the end of September 2019, more info here.
• Clarence Valley Road will be closed from 8 May for at least 4 weeks for Hurunui
District Council to undertake major slip repairs. This affects access to St James
Conservation Area and Lake Tennyson. The alternate route over Jollies Pass to join
Tophouse Road is not recommended as it's not maintained and is in poor condition.
It crosses a stream and is suitable for high clearance 4WD vehicles only. For further
updates see the Hurunui District Council website.
Cover: Mist over the Matiri Range, Helen Liley 2
Section Meeting – Andy Buchanan
This talk by Andy Buchanan will describe his self-imposed five year challenge to
climb 132 peaks in the Southern Alps which are visible from The Sugarloaf at the
top of the Christchurch Port Hills, just above the Sign of the Kiwi.
The list of peaks has come from a panorama sketch which will be shown at the
meeting (extract below). The creator of the sketch is unknown, but it is publically
available from the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
The panorama extends from Mt Peel and Fox peak in the south to Tapuaenuku and
Manukau in the north, including many peaks in the Southern Alps and the
Canterbury foothills, as far away as Mt Cook and Mt Rolleston.
Andy is a semi-retired structural engineer, who has climbed 107 of these peaks,
with 25 peaks remaining to climb, many well away from Christchurch near the
north and the south ends of the panorama.
This talk will give more information on the panorama peaks, with many stories and
photos of successes and failures along the way, with access by foot, by ski, MTB
and 4WD, with many different climbing partners.
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Are you our next trip leader?
The club has a long tradition of volunteer led instruction courses and trips but there
have not been many volunteer led trips in our section lately. We need volunteers to take
people out on club trips, our club needs you!
A club trip is a way to meet like-minded people and share some adventures. Most trips
involve moderate to intermediate mountaineering objectives. It can be anything from
tramping, rock climbing, a mountaineering objective or a backcountry skiing outing.
The trip leader is not a guide or instructor, the trip leader organizes and leads a group
of like minded people.
How do you lead a trip for the Alpine Club? As the trip leader you choose an objective
of your fancy within your level of experience. Then you take over the organization of
the trip. This includes logistics, creating trip information including gear and clothing
list for participants, vetting of trip applicants and leading the trip at the location. There
are tools to help you plan your trip and fill out all the necessary paperwork on the
Alpine Club website.
Once you have an idea of what is involved, get in contact with the section trip
coordinator. The section trip coordinator acts as a sounding board to make sure that the
trips objective is appropriate, assists with any questions and makes sure that all points
in the trip planning process are covered. The trip section coordinator also helps with
the promotion of the trip and can assist with the screening of the participants.
While this seems to be a long process at first, these are basically the same steps one
would do for a well-planned personal trip. For anyone keen we are organizing a 1-hour
workshop to go through the trip planning tools, answer any questions and simply get to
know each other. Hope to see you there!
For more information check out the alpine club website
https://alpineclub.org.nz/resources/organising-trips/
Workshop:
The section will run an introductory workshop for all aspiring trip leaders. We will go
through the trip planning process and the support the section offers. It will take
approximately 1 hour.
• Where? Speights Ale House, Tower Junction
• When? Monday, 27th May, 8pm
• RSVP by 25th May or any questions to 2maike.chan@gmail.com
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2019 Beginners Snow Craft Courses.
For the 2019 season, the C/W section will be running two beginners snow craft
courses with a maximum of 12 students per course. Non members can apply but
must have joined the NZAC, and paid the course fee, within seven days of
registering.
For logistical problems in previous years, we will not accept anyone from outside
of the C/W section on our courses, so please check with other sections of the
NZAC in your area.
Each Course has three compulsory parts to it, so if for any reason, you can’t attend
all three, please do not apply.
For both courses, we will car pool from Christchurch, leaving by 5.30pm at the
latest (earlier if possible) , so it is up to you to arrange the appropriate time off
required to be ready to go, be picked up or if driving, be picking passengers up by
this time – NO EXCEPTIONS.
Evening Snow Craft Snow Craft
session Weekend #1 Weekend #2
Location Christchurch Arthurs Pass Arthurs Pass
Friday 19/7th July, Friday 9th August,
Course 1
Tuesday 2nd July
(7pm to 9pm) FULL
(5.30pm) to Sunday
21st July (7pm)
(5.30pm) to Sunday
11th August (7pm)
Friday 31st August,
Tuesday 13th Friday 20th September,
5.30pm to Sunday
Course 2 August (7pm to
2nd September
(5.30pm) to Sunday
9pm) 22nd September (7pm)
(7pm)
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2019 Beginners Snow Craft Courses: Course Details:
An ideal course designed for those from a tramping back ground, who want to get
above the snow line, and learn the basic skills required for winter conditions. The
minimum requirement is good, average tramping fitness, and the ability to carry a
pack uphill for several hours on each day of the course. This course is not suitable
for those with no tramping experience.
This course will not cover the use of ropes in any way (including glacier travel or
crevasse rescue). These skills are covered in more advanced courses such as the
HASC (High Alps Skills Courses), which are advertised on the NZAC website.
The course fee is $225, and refunds will only be given for genuine reasons, or if
there is sufficient time to find someone else to fill the spot.
What will be Taught:
• Balance and movement on snow.
• Ice axe and crampon techniques and use.
• Self arresting on snow.
• Safe terrain selection.
• Snow shelters and construction.
• Weather (Friday evening).
• Trip planning and navigation.
• Basic use of avalanche equipment*
*There will be separate avalanche awareness courses advertised in the monthly section
newsletters and we encourage people to attend these as they are a fully comprehensive,
specific course.
Course Cost:
The cost fee of $225 will cover all accommodation at NZAC Arthurs Pass
Lodge, fuel reimbursement to drivers taking their cars, Friday and Saturday
evening meals (vegetarian and gluten free options available), tea and coffee, two
days instruction, and free equipment for both weekends. You will need to provide
your own breakfasts, lunches, snacks, and drinks (alcohol allowed in the
evenings in moderation).
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2019 Beginners Snow Craft Courses: Registration
Arthurs Pass Lodge:
We drive to the NZAC Lodge on School Terrace in Arthurs Pass. It has a fully
equipped kitchen (pots, oven, toaster, utensils, microwave, fridge etc), shower block
with two hot showers, flush toilets, living area with warm heaters, two communal
bunk rooms, and a storage room outside to keep chilled food. There is cell phone
reception at the lodge.
For the lodge, please bring overnight kit – sleeping bag, pillow, shower gear, spare
clothing and shoes.
What is required:
• Current NZAC member within 7 days of returning the registration form and
paying.
• Good average tramping fitness (uphill pack fitness important!).
• To be able to attend all three parts of the course – evening session in Christchurch
and both weekends in Arthurs Pass.
• To be able to be at the evening meeting on time and leave by 5.30pm at the latest
when heading to Arthurs Pass and car pool with the group (Students will not be
able to travel on their own for health and safety reasons – No Exceptions.
Contact:
Email Clayton Garbes – nzacinstructionandgearhire@gmail.com with the following
information. Include which course you are interested in in the subject line, ie ‘First
Beginners Snow Craft Course’ OR ‘Second Beginners Snow Craft Course’
• Full Name
• Phone number
• NZAC members number if current
• A brief bio of yourself and your outdoor experience
Please DO NOT apply on behalf of others – all interested must apply themselves.
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Trip Reports – Skiing in Gulmarg, Kashmir
By John Roper-Lindsey, with John Henson and
Grant Piper
83cm – that was Grubbie’s winning guess for
the 24 hour snowfall at Gulmarg near the end of
our stay. It went on snowing for another 24
hours at the same rate, but we’re not sure what
the final snowfall was, as it was impossible to
get anywhere near our impromptu snow gauge.
You know it’s deep when you seriously
consider putting on skis for the 50m between
your room and the main hotel building!
Grubbie (aka Grant Piper), John Henson and
myself were at Gulmarg in Kashmir for 12 days
skiing and ski-touring with 17 other clients and
5 guides. It’s a combination of skiing off the
one gondola down one of the many spurs
leading off the 3km ridge at the top, with ski- This was trying to get to the main part
touring to extend your options or get you back of the hotel from the room!
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25 of us, and about 15 other people. Which feels a bit odd, especially since the
gondola base station has a seated waiting area for about 500. So even 5 days after
the last snowfall there’s tons of untracked snow to be found. It turns out that the
main season is summer, where Indian tourists flock to the area in such numbers that
there can be queues of 2 hours or more to get one ride up the mountain. In fact it’s
been a struggle to convince the authorities to open the gondola up in winter at all.
There were a few hardy tourists, who get dragged around on toboggans by
Kashmiris, or who venture out on skis hired out by intrepid ski-rental individuals
who have one set of skis, with one set of boots fixed in place that they push around
with one set of poles until they find a likely customer, hopefully with the right-
sized feet.
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Trip Reports – Skiing in Gulmarg, Kashmir
What with an altitude of 3950m at the top of the gondola, colds and occasional
stomach issues our ski-touring would be best described as “slackcountry”, but you
don’t really feel you need to venture far to get to remote areas. The gondola provides
a 1300m vertical drop, and you can add on another 700m at the bottom if you ski
down a valley. We did that one day, stopping in a village for tea and cakes at
someone’s house, before getting taxis back to the hotel. You can ski-tour over the
back from the top as well, which we did, but you have to be a bit careful where you
go as it’s pretty easy to attract attention from the ever-present Indian army. Even at
3900m they have a camp, which must be a nightmare to be stationed at, and we
always were a bit cautious skiing past that, mainly because the camp dogs seemed
pretty undernourished and keen to remedy that.
The skiing was amazing – from alpine bowls and ridges, to widely spaced “paper”
trees lower down to pine forests above Gulmarg. After the big dump we were
restricted to the trees for a couple of days, skiing a few laps with the skins or getting
taxis back from back roads. The super-deep snow was a joy to ski, especially since
you could just about face straight downhill and wiggle a bit instead of attempting real
turns. The standard of skiing of the other clients was amazingly high, including one
Aussie ski-representative, so the pressure was on not to be a complete wally. And
falling over in the deep stuff was definitely to be avoided, as you ended up in a hole
so deep it needed major help to get extracted. Skinning was a bit odd, as the sides of
the skinning track were hip height, so it was difficult to know what to do with the
poles.
Being a bit of a wimp I wanted my creature comforts at the end of each day and our
hotel was a gem, old-style with wood burning stoves in each room that were
regularly filled by a man dedicated to the task, including an hour before you got up,
which felt a bit odd the first day, but you can adapt to luxury very quickly…
LtoR: Rafi, one of the Kashmiri guides, enjoying the powder on a Guides day (Mark Sedon).
Skiing the trees after the big dump (Natasha Pritchard)
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Trip Reports – Skiing in Gulmarg, Kashmir
Two of the guests got married during our stay.
This was in the local Anglican church, left over
from the days when the British Army were all
over the place. Useful trivial fact – Joanna
Lumley, of Absolutely Fabulous fame was an
army child born in nearby Srinagar. The rest of us
all attended the ceremony, and were provided with
the cloaks (pherans) to wear, and even more
importantly the baskets of hot ashes (kangri) to
hold underneath to stop us freezing in the
unheated church. This wedding became a big deal,
and they became minor celebrities, with items
about them on Indian news and a TV camera crew
even trailing them during a ski-tour.
Top: Bill Barker and clients, with Himalaya in the
background. Bottom: John Henson and Grubbie in a
Kashmiri village.
Apart from the ubiquitous Indian Army, I felt very comfortable in Kashmir, but I
guess there is a lot of tension under the surface. A week after we left a suicide
bomber killed 42 army personnel, and there was subsequently a big clampdown on
Kashmiri activists. Our experience with Kashmiri people could not have been more
positive. Each of our groups had a Kashmiri guide as well as a Western guide, and
they were really friendly and competent. Our Western guides read a bit like a who’s
who of NZ guiding, with Mark Sedon, Dean Staples, and Lydia Bradey, but were
happy to ask the local guides for their opinion, and they did a great job as tail
guides, hauling us out of our crash sites and patiently waiting while we got our
breath back. Kashmir is, of course, predominantly Muslim so there were some
differences to what we were used to. Hearing the call to prayers booming out across
the whole basin was a new experience. And I don’t think I saw one Kashmiri woman
in Gulmarg. Gulmarg isn’t really a village where people live, and nearly all the
Kashmiris live in a nearby village and come up to Gulmarg every day to work, and
all the jobs are done by men. Kashmiris are quite fierce in appearance, and are very
animated in their conversations but you soon realise that’s a deceptive appearance,
and they’re very quick to smile and be very friendly. Bill Barker, who runs the
company taking groups to Gulmarg, has been involved with Gulmarg since right at
the beginning, training the local ski patrol and setting up avalanche hazard
management. He is really popular in Kashmir, and he in turn obviously has a lot of
affection and respect for Kashmiris.
10Trip Reports – Novara Peak
By Jen Ormsbee
Trip Participants: Kate Salmon, Jen Ormsbee , Penzy Dinsdale, Rachel Smith,
James Thornton and Nina Dickerhof.
After spending Friday night at the Unwin Hut, our group of six had a leisurely start
to the day. We were able to drive up the Ball road without too much difficulty in a
Forester and Outback. We continued down the road on foot with some detours
around the slide paths. We had a quick stop at Ball hut to fill up with water and
then continued to Garbage Gully. Judicious route finding across the Tasman made
it seem like a quick walk in the park. After gaining the moraine, we stopped for a
brew and lunch next to a great boulder problem and tarn. The sound of helicopters
punctuated our lunchbreak.
The team returning to camp admiring Cook and Tasman. by Nina Dickerhof
We continued our climb up through a combination of loose rock, tussock, and
snow to our picturesque camp at 1800m. After clearing some snow, we set up our
tents with a view of Mt Cook to one side and a tarn to the other. The night
brought a spectacular showing of stars and the sound of the ice fall on the
glaciers.
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11Trip Reports – Novara Peak
Penzy, Kate, Gen, Rachel and Nina on the summit of Novara Peal. by James Thornton.
In the morning we had a pre-dawn departure. We made our way up scree and
snow and eventually watched the sun rise. Our chosen route going up the SW
side brought us to a small rock step where we donned harnesses and used the
rope. It was a quick jaunt to the summit after that. After some celebratory cake,
we started out descent down the NW side. We reached our camped and packed
up, taking slightly more time than our allotted 18 minutes. We descended the
same way from camp to our lunch spot and had the company of a pair of paradise
ducks. We gained some elevation to get into a better gully system to bring us
down the moraine and then re-traced our steps back across the Tasman and up
Garbage Gully. This trip provided a great introduction to the area, stunning
scenery, and views of many potential routes for future trips.
12Upcoming Club Trips and Events
Lead a Trip: If you would like to lead a trip for the club, alpine, rock climbing,
cycling or otherwise, contact Maike Chan at 2maike.chan@gmail.com
Mid-week mountaineering
The mid-week group are mainly fairly mature mountaineers who still manage to plod
up a few peaks, usually on Wednesdays, weather permitting. Most of the trips are not
technical climbing but scrambling at a fairly relaxed pace. If you are interested in
joining us, please contact Pat Prendergast on 337 0079 or email pat@slingshot.co.nz
Mid Week Rock Climbing
A new and exciting format from September (day light savings start) onwards.
Instead of one set evening each week, we are hoping to be able to offer people a choice
of two nights each week, which will vary depending on who is looking after the group.
We believe this will give people of all abilities more opportunities to get out climbing.
A few things to note when rock climbing with the mid week group;
• Helmets are compulsory when climbing and belaying (if you don’t have a helmet,
please source one or talk to the climbing co-ordinator and they will try and have
one available).
• For those new to climbing and belaying, we can assist in this so please ask if you
are not sure.
• Two top rope kits (each with a rope, biners and slings) are available each week for
the person in charge to use rather than their own equipment and for those climbers
who don’t want to lead but top rope instead.
Climbing will usually run from approximately 4.30 pm onwards, outdoors during
daylight savings hours, or indoors in winter, or if the weather is no good.
We also welcome and would appreciate people assisting from time to time on a roster
basis rather than relying on the same people every week having to look after the
climbing group so please contact Clayton if you are able to help out (it’s not too
difficult!).
If you would like to attend and are on the google climbing group already, we will email
out at the start of the week with which nights we are running climbing and who is in
charge and their contact details. If you would like to be on the group list, please email
Clayton on claytongarbes@hotmail.com , or text on 0274461562. All welcome,
including non members.
13Notices:
Presented by The Big Bike Film Night and supported by the Australian High
Commission, we have Adventurer, Climber, Cyclist and all round legend Paul
Pritchard regale us with tales of adventure and conquests.
Paul is probably best known for his remarkable effort in re-climbing the ‘Totem
Pole’ in 2016 in Tasmania following a serious injury incurred whilst climbing that
same edifice 18 years earlier.
After Paul's presentation, the award winning documentary 'Doing it Scared' will be
shown.
Tickets available at https://www.trybooking.co.nz/721
Ski Bargain Books – Disabled Snowsports Canterbury
Disabled Snowsports Canterbury is an organisation that gets people with disabilities
out skiing and snowboarding. Their main fundraiser is selling Bargain Books full of
lift pass vouchers for various South Island ski fields. In most cases two lift passes
are offered for the price of one, although some fields have different offers and/or
restrictions.
The Bargain books are $110 for the first purchased and $90 for subsequent books
bought in the same transaction. They can be purchased through the website or from
Snow and Surf, SnowRide, or Cactus Outdoor. There will also be a stand at the
Annual Canterbury Snow Sale (Canterbury University Snow Sports Club) at the
UCSA Events Centre, 90 Ilam Road on 18th and 19th May
These Bargain Books are a great way to explore a lot of different fields at a
discount, and a great way to help some less able people get on the snow. Further
detail is available on the website http://www.dsc.org.nz/bargain-booklets/ 14
14Notices:
Media release
17 April 2019
Arthur’s Pass National Park Visitor Centre moves
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has moved its visitor centre services ahead
of a planned upgrade to the Arthur’s Pass National Park Visitor Centre later this year.
The temporary visitor centre is located just up the road next to Arthur’s Pass Motel
and Lodge in the national park village.
Work will start later this year on the planned upgrade of the Arthur’s Pass National
Park Visitor Centre to bring it up to 100% of the National Building Standards.
“The upgraded visitor centre will be an exciting opportunity to help visitors and the
local community to connect with conservation,” says DOC Operations Manager,
Kingsley Timpson.
DOC has been planning a full upgrade of the building for some time. Following the
2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes, engineers certified the building as safe for public
and staff use but with some areas closed to access.
“Interim improvements were made to the building at the time with isolation walls
added and new beams inserted to ensure staff and visitors were safe.
“Recent reassessments of the alterations in the building have led us to decide to close
it early and operate from a new temporary site to ensure there is no risk to visitors or
staff.”
1.4 million visitors travel through State Highway 73 every year with 140,000 of them
calling into the Arthur’s Pass National Park Visitor Centre.
“The planned upgrade ensures the visitor centre will continue to be a valuable
resource for the region,” says Kingsley Timpson.
DOC’s visitor centre is open 8.30am to 4.30pm seven days a week.
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15Notices:
Breaking the Ice, the story of the first year in Antarctica
Antarctic Heritage Trust is delighted to announce a new exhibition that has been
created in partnership with Canterbury Museum in Christchurch New Zealand.
Breaking the Ice tells the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, which sailed
from London on the Southern Cross landing at Cape Adare in January 1899. The
expedition, led by Carsten Borchgrevink, recorded a number of Antarctic firsts.
The explorers were the first people to spend a winter on the Antarctic continent,
they erected the first buildings, took the first steps on the Ross Ice Shelf, were the
first to use dogs and the Primus stove on the continent, and recorded the first full
year of climate data.
Breaking the Ice, the story of the first year in Antarctica (1899–1900), opens at
Canterbury Museum. Christchurch on 18 May and runs to 13 October 2019.
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16Notices:
New Zealand Alpine Journal – Digital Version 1892-2014
In 2015 NZAC accepted the generous offer of Claudia Posch and Gerhard Rampl
at Innsbruck University, Austria to scan and digitise NZAJ 1892-2014, and to
prepare it for access via the internet. More than 17,500 pages were scanned, and
using automated text recognition software Transkribus, turned into machine-
readable text. This generally worked well but created some problems which
required further work.
A crowdfunding campaign during January 2017 was generously supported by
NZAC members and raised $8,800. Those funds enabled Innsbruck University to
appoint Milena Peralta Friedburg to support the project and Milena’s work has
been superb together with the NZAC volunteers editing the online journals.
Readers have two options: you can search across all volumes using ‘Search’, and
you can access single volumes via the ‘Content’ menu. Access by volume has an
extended user interface where you can also view (and copy) the transcript. This is
not the case with the search results page where (because of technical reasons) you
can only see the page-images.
A link to the digital library can always be found on the NZAC Archives
webpage as well.
NOTES:
1.Should you find any significant error (such as a page missing for example) in the
digital archive, please advise the NZAC via office@alpineclub.org.nz
2.Searching for an article or topic in the digital NZAJ can be assisted by making
use of the PDF which, once downloaded, is searchable using the Find function.
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17Notices:
Southern Hemisphere Alpine Conference (SHAC)
18 & 19th June 2019 | Christchurch, NZ
What's it all about?
The Southern Hemisphere Alpine Conference (SHAC) will be back in 2019.
SHAC occurs every two years and is the only event of its kind in the southern
hemisphere. The conference brings together snow safety professionals,
commercial snow and alpine organisations, guiding companies and industry
influencers for two days of collaboration. SHAC will provide you with the
opportunity to engage with key industry influencers and decision makers.
For more information: https://mountainsafety.org.nz/resources/community/event-
registration/southern-hemisphere-alpine-conference-shac/
Protect Our Winters was founded by professional snowboarder Jeremy Jones in
2007, to mobilize the snowsports community (and now more broadly the outdoor
community) on climate action. It now has 10 international chapters spread across
North America, Europe and Australasia and over 130,000 supporters. A New
Zealand chapter of POW has just started, and aims to represent and mobilize the
New Zealand outdoor community in positive climate action. More information is
available on the website.
Website: https://protectourwinters.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProtectOurWintersNZ/
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18Notices
New South Island Kōkako Encounter Map
The South Island Kokako Charitable Trust are
delighted to launch this superb new interactive
map resource to help plan your next South and
Stewart Island adventure with the search for
the South Island kōkako in mind.
Click on the link below to go to the new map
and discover the most recent and best
encounter reports.
https://ntnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappview
er/index.html?id=c30ea33620d14d248212b6b6
e11681d8
Kokako Trust Website:
http://www.southislandkokako.org/the-search/
Find My Adventure – Walking Access Commission
The Walking Access Commission have created a new, searchable database of
tracks and trails called ‘Find My Adventure’. It contains more than 200 tracks for
walkers, mountain bikers, and cyclists – and over the coming months, many
hundreds more will be added right across the country.
You can search Find My Adventure by region, by the type of activity you want to
do, be it dog walking, mountain biking or pushing a pram. Each track includes
information about the terrain, how to get there and any conditions you might need
to beware of.
The Commission has also updated its website with popular maps to help you find
legal public access, hunting and fishing spots, as well as property information. It
has a base of information about accessing the outdoors responsibly – including
roads and walkways, rivers and lakes, and private land.
https://www.walkingaccess.govt.nz/
19Notices
Global Rock and Ice Climbing Festivals: All in one place…
The UIAA has recently launched a global calendar for international ice climbing
competitions and rock and ice climbing festivals, for events organised by the
UIAA, its member federations and partners or entirely independent meetings. This
new UIAA calendar is designed to provide climbers with details about events
taking place near them, or near where they may be travelling.
https://www.theuiaa.org/ice-climbing/global-rock-and-ice-climbing-competitions-
and-festivals-all-in-one-place/
New Stock Item – Aspiring Guides
Technical Mountaineering
Topics are presented in a stripped-down
manner, to emphasize key techniques often
difficult to grasp and learn quickly. It is an
excellent learning resource and a handy
reference for experienced alpinists. This is
the 2018 6th edition of this manual and can
be purchased online. Log in first for your
member discount:
https://alpineclub.org.nz/product/aspiring-
guides-technical-mountaineering/
The Club continues to sell a selection of
manuals as each has different merits.
Individual requirements will need to be
considered when purchasing.
20Notices
A magnificent illustrated history of New Zealand's
mountain tourism industry
Edited by Peter Alsop, Dave Bamford and Lee
Davidson
This lavish book explores the story behind the
promotion of New Zealand’s mountains through
posters, advertisements, hand-coloured photos and
more. It explains how the country built its
reputation as an alpine playground and, alongside,
how mountains became central to belonging to
Aotearoa. More details on following page
Consolidated Index to The Himalayan Journal
Vol. 1-73 (1929-2018)
This download has kindly been provided by The
Himalayan Club and is in PDF format with 206
pages total.
While this download is free, we ask that a
donation is considered. This would go towards
helping us to fund other download work, ensuring
this information base continues to grow.
https://alpineclub.org.nz/product/consolidated-
index-to-the-himalayan-journal-vol-1-73-1929-
2018/
‘Hillary’s Antarctica’ is the first book to fully
document and celebrate Sir Edmund Hillary and his
team’s contribution to Antarctic history. Written by
Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Executive Director Nigel
Watson, it is illustrated with renowned photographer
Jane Ussher's stunning images, plus historic photos
and never-before-seen ephemera and diary entries.
Available from:
https://www.fishpond.co.nz/Books/Hillarys-
Antarctica-by-Nigel-Watson-Nigel-Watson-Jane-
Ussher/9781760633578 21Notices
Mt Egmont, Opening the New Syme Hut
The old silent movie “Mt Egmont, opening the new Syme Hut” has been sent to the
NZAC by Nga Taonga, and may be of interest to members. Follow the link below to
watch the film.
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/collections/catalogue/catalogue-item?record_id=74125
Outdoorsy NZ
Michelle Morpeth started Outdoorsy NZ to champion mums and kids outside. Many
parents - especially mums - find that their outdoorsy life gets put a bit on the back
burner once the chaos of kids arrives, but it doesn’t have to be that way! She writes
an inspiring blog; and her energetic Facebook group, The Outdoorsy Mama, is full of
ideas and encouragement for mums who seek outdoor adventure.
Michelle also offers an adventure design service for time-strapped families - she does
all the research and presents you with your choice of a personalised e-guidebook for
your escape, or a fully booked itinerary.
- Like to bike the Timber Trail with kids?
- Spend a week hiking Northland beach and bush trails?
- Want to ski Wanaka?
You can find Michelle at hello@outdoorsy.co.nz, Instagram@outdoorsy_nz, join the
crew on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheOutdoorsyMama ,
Website https://www.outdoorsy.co.nz/
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Trip Guidelines
An important part of the NZAC is volunteer organised trips. If you're thinking of joining or organising a
trip, here are some guidelines on what to expect.
Check out the NZAC Trips page https://alpineclub.org.nz/resources/organising-trips/ for resources to assist
you with planning a section trip.
Responsibilities of a Trip Participant
• You are responsible for your own safety. If you are uncomfortable with any situation, let your trip
organiser know straight away.
• Be prepared to drive or pay transport costs (petrol, wear and tear)
• Make sure you have a clear idea of the trip's goals and what will be required of you. Obtain a relevant
map and know where you are going, the terrain, what gear you will need, and how to use it.
• If you discover that you cannot go on the trip then let the Trip Organiser know as soon as possible so
that another person can take your place.
• Read, understand and return the signed copy of the NZAC waiver form to the Trip Organiser.
Responsibilities of a Trip organiser
• Trips should be fun for everyone. Choose a mountain, peak, hill, traverse, route, crag, or whatever and
get out there and meet some keen club members!
• You cannot be responsible for the safety of every member of the group, but you should aim to empower
every group member with enough knowledge to make their own informed decisions about the proposed
trip both before, and during the trip.
• Choose a realistic goal for the time available and give prospective group members an idea of the amount
of effort required.
• Set a group size limit based on your experience, the goal, time available and group fitness and
experience.
• Let the group know what skills and equipment are needed when they sign up.
• Provide the trip Participants with a copy of the NZAC waiver form and have them understand, sign and
return it to you in advance of the trip.
• Organise travel arrangements at the earliest opportunity and let everyone know how much they should
expect to pay for transport costs.
• Prepare detailed trip intentions and leave them with at least one responsible individual.
• If someone on the trip voices their concern about the situation it is up to you (with the help of the group)
to find a safe solution where possible.
• Give priority to NZAC members
• Find someone on the trip to write an interesting trip report for the Section Newsletter.
Benefits for NZAC Members
NZAC Membership gives you access to many discounts with the following retailers.
You may be asked to present your active NZAC membership.
To see full terms and conditions and other benefits of being a member, please visit
https://alpineclub.org.nz/benefits-of-membership
25Section Library
Section Library Did you know that the Section has its own library and that unlike the
National Office library you can actually borrow the books in the Section library? Every
section meeting I will bring a good selection of the hundreds of books in the library,
along with the DVDs.
The contents of the C/W Section library can be found online here:
http://bit.ly/CWLibrary (Note: There is a list of DVDs on the second tab of the
spreadsheet). If you would like to borrow a book or DVD then please email me and
we’ll sort something out.
Library policies are pretty flexible –
• You must have a current NZAC membership card to borrow
• Books are generally to be returned within 2 months, but new purchases will be
expected to be returned within 1 month.
• DVDs are expected to be returned within 2 weeks.
When you are ready to return a book, email John Roper-Lindsay,
john@roperlindsay.com, or call/text 021 395513
NOTE: - You may return books/DVDs in one of 4 ways.
1. Return them to next Section meeting.
2. Drop them off at National Office and tell whomever you speak to that they are for
C/W library.
3. Drop them off at Boffa Miskell office on 1st floor in Lane Neave building at 141
Cambridge Tce, marked for “Yvonne”.
4. Email/text/phone me to arrange handover some other way
Volunteer Opportunity – C/W Section Committee
The section is looking for a Volunteer to take on the role of Gear/Equipment
Custodian. The role involves
• Hiring of section gear to members.
• Ensuring gear is available for section courses when needed.
• Keeping a log of the gear in stock.
• Running regular inspections and maintenance of gear, ensuring it meets the
UIAA safety standards.
• Purchasing of new gear when required.
The Volunteer must have a safe and secure location to store the section gear and
ideally hold contents insurance to cover the section gear (some reimbursement from
the section can be arranged). If interested and for more information please contact:
Jim Petersen cw.chairperson@gmail.com
26Canterbury/Westland Section of The New Zealand Alpine Club
Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/NZACCanterburyWestland/176920578985933
Section Library
http://bit.ly/CWLibrary
Section Contacts
Chairperson Jim Petersen 64 22 620 0619 cw.chairperson@gmail.com
Secretary Ashlee Peeters ashlee.p28@gmail.com
Events Adam Humphries 027 200 4760 adam.b.humphries@gmail.com
Accommodation
Philip Tree philiptree7@gmail.com
Committee Rep
Instruction nzacinstructionandgearhire@gmail.c
Clayton Garbes 027 4461562
Coordinator om
Recreational
Lindsay Main Lindsay.main@caverock.net.nz
Advocacy
Trips Coordinator Maike Chan 2maike.chan@gmail.com
Online Coordinator Shannon van Til shannonvantil@gmail.com
John Roper-
Treasurer john@roperlindsay.com
Lindsay
Arthur’s Pass Lodge John Henson 027 4714075 hensonj@xtra.co.nz
Rock Climbing
Clayton Garbes 027 4461562 claytongarbes@hotmail.com
Coordinator
Section Evenings Nobody at the moment!
National Committee
Yvonne Pfluger 027 6004679 yvonne.pfluger@boffamiskell.co.nz
Rep
Newsletter Helen Liley 0212096757 nzac.cw.newsletter@gmail.com
John Roper-
Library john@roperlindsay.com
Lindsay
Crag Maintenance Grant Piper 021 711300 grant.piper66@gmail.co
NZAC Deceased Members
Name: Peter Robinson Member number: 30670140/7121
Joined: 27/9/2002 Date of Birth: 9/7/1932
Section: Otago Deceased: 25/3/2019 (86yr)
Member Type: Senior 27You can also read
