Organiser: Timothy Gray Date: 26th April, 2017 Ironists: Timothy Gray, Tom Andrews, Sach Knight, Andrew Battley, Matt Sinclair, James Judd, Holly Dowell, Alistair Newcombe, Simon Yu, Max Jenkins At the time of organising this trip, I had climbed and ironed upon Mt Ruapehu and Taranaki. Naturally, the next step was to iron upon the third […]
Date: 7th – 8th May 2016 Location: Whatipu Trampers: Sarah Daniell, Matt Battley, Blair Ramsdale, Sophie Jenkins, Yi Xin Heng, Timothy Gray, Tanya Peart, Nikki Reed, Alistair Newcombe, Pattarasuda Rawiwan, Zak Stark, Carl Barnhill, Fran Osten, Sandra Tonstad, Matthew Pearce, Andrew Battley Swamp. This was the word that captured my attention. Deciding that I wanted to fulfil […]
We dug a hole in the snow and slept in it Date: 06/09/15 to 08/09/15 Location: Mt. Ruapehu Trampers: Sam Hood, Sam Granger, Sam Lancaster-Robertson, David Zeng, Jamie Corkill, Marc Reinhardt, Joshua Thorensen, Sophie Jenkins, Hamish Buckley, and guest starrin Tim Bulmer That is what happened. After a night spent at Sophie’s bach in National Park […]
Our annual trip to the Waitaks. The first trip of the year and among the biggest we do. We had an awesome turnout of over 70+ people. Transport was a mix of cars and one bus; funnily enough the bus actually ended up waiting at the wrong car park for over 2 hours, wondering if […]
The strenuous yet oh-so-relaxing Kawekas With mid-semester break finally upon us and the weather forecast for the next few days looking promising, our trip to the Kawekas was all go. After battling some morning traffic out of town, we were en-route to Taupo BurgerFuel to savour the last luxuries of civilisation before we left it all behind. Then, by late afternoon, the Kaweka range was almost upon us. Here we found our first challenge: the road leading to our destination blocked by a mighty and fast-flowing river that spelled out “Thou shalt not pass”. Yet, such rivers are no match for a Ford Mondeo and a Toyota Levin. With a high speed run-up, and our hats held on tight, we were across to the other side where the Kawekas awaited.
