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Trip Reports

Trip Report: “Verdonified”

By Chris Hayes, with editing by Lucy Blackbourn It’s September, and Jason and I are in the Gorges Du Verdon with every intent of enjoying the fine French limestone. Of course, we want to jump on a classic Verdon multi pitch, so we look through the guidebook and find one; 160m, grades all inside our abilities, and relatively easy access. Sounds perfect. To get to the climb, we have to walk about 50m from the road to the gorge rim, find the rappel anchor, and rappel down to the starting ledge. It took us nearly two hours of wandering around […]

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Trip Report: Bob’s Knob

Sat 22 April 2017 – (Not) Bobs Knob/Bluff via Ihaia Track With sunrise peeking above the horizon and a cloudy mountain ahead, ten of us set off from the end of Ihaia Road at 7.15am with our target set on Bob’s Knob (1,780m) and perhaps Bob’s Bluff (1,960m). The track was a tad muddy (to say the least) and with a few streams to cross, it was definitely a ‘gaiter day’! After a quick snack and obligatory loo stop at Waiaua Gorge Hut we continued the upwards slog through winding bush, past a few adjacent drop offs & slips, and a decent view of […]

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HiTAC April 2017

President’s Desk There’s been plenty of activity on the mountain this month, as club members photos on our facebook page will show you. And by all accounts the recent club trip led by Chris, up the Kokowai lava flow left a huge impression on participants! It is great that people are offering their time to lead trips, and also very rewarding that the opportunity to venture to lesser known areas on the mountain is being taken up by a good number of club members. And an update on recent works undertaken by DOC staff – new numbered marker poles have now […]

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TAC Bake Off 2017

Due to the number of Scones eaten at the TAC Scone bake off, it’s time to plan another bake off!   This time not limited to Scones it is open to any item that can be baked in the Lodge’s oven. To be in to win, have a lot to eat and have fun be at Tahurangi Lodge on Saturday 25 March The great TAC Bake Off. Scones, Pizzas and Muffins are all welcome and will be judged and consumed. Trophy for the best and not so good baking. Judging will be at 4.00 pm by all, judgers need not […]

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HiTAC March 2017

President’s Desk A big thank you to all those members who helped out with the Open Climb last weekend. You all play an important part in the success of the day, and although we had to turn back due to the inclement weather, the participants were so very grateful that we made the decision to go ahead and give it our best shot. Many told us that they would have been hugely disappointed if the event had been cancelled altogether. We’d been expecting 180 odd to show up before the weather situation made itself obvious, and on the day 137 […]