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newsletter 2000 no. 4 canterbury university tramping club Newsletter 2000 number 3, July 2000. A publication of Canterbury University Tramping Club c/o- UCSA, Private Bag 4800, Chriustchurch Captains’ comment: So you think you ve made it? Think you ve managed to survive a whole year of CUTC? Well, we hate to tell you this but there is still one last term of uncorrupted fun ahead that you must get through, and then of course there is the . Of course we wouldn t do that to you, but we will try and get you away from your desks and out into the fresh air. The last term can relapse into one big study marathon, but it doesn t have to be that way. Taking time out, even just for a few hours or a day keeps your study really ticking along nicely. Early in the term would be an ideal time to get into the snow and practice the snow skills while there is still a dusting on the hilltops. It was great to see so many people on the basic snow craft courses. Everyone looked really good strutting around, showing off their flatfooted cramponing technique or their self-arresting style. To get the most out of the snow craft course it is really important that you go another trip to practice the skills you ve learnt. We d like to thank the instructors and the cooks that made these weekends possible — where else can you get a weekends snowcraft course for $25? Editor: Philip Lamb; [email protected] P.O. Box 25-252, Victoria St, C h c h . Thanks to Stew Hardie, Jamie Gaskill, Ben Franzmayr 2 Bush Ball really lived up to reputation for being the party of the year. This medieval extravaganza had wizards, princesses, jesters and even the odd beggar. A nameless person showed remarkable CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB insight by calling Fred an EC — Entertainment Centre on the drive in and then preceded to be enter tained all night . Clare jingled the entire way in her hat with bells on but was out done by the medieval Steve who walked in wearing his costume, a sack. Will also came out of his tent later in the morning with a new-found friend. There was much revelling done and some great food was served. However the best part was the freely flowing liquid. Some of the company including Steve, Jonno, and Kylie didn t seem to be able to keep it all inside of them. In fact Kylie continued to feel the after affects for several days ( it must have been a stomach bug ) and was duly awarded the toilet seat for his efforts. David won the costume award, although there were voices around saying that he should have won the other award too! And ladies, if you ever wanted to marry the king of the land, Rene, you should have been there, as rumours abound that he wed no fewer than four brides that night! When the morning arrived, those not hung over appreciated the sport of watch who gets out of which tent . Yummy porridge was eaten, and a spring clean of the hut took place. Many thanks to those who cleaned up. On the way out Phil B. hooked the stereo up in his pack, so we tramped along to our favourite tracks. I recommend this as a way to tramp! NEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 So, if you enjoyed last term, then get ready to get funky this term. Yes, warmer weather is just around the corner, so enjoy the snow, but also look forward to some of that summer style tramping, swimming in the rivers, tarns, or running naked down the beach in the Abel Tasman!!! In terms of trips, there are some awesome trips coming up, including the infamous Otehake hot pools, Gloriana and Faerie Queene and the Lewis Pass tops (with a visit to the hot pools). You know, you can never go wrong with hot pools, hmmm toasty. For the holidays If people have ideas on what they want to do or where they want to go give Greg a call on 338-2497 or email him at [email protected]. Get your ideas to him ASAP so we can let other people know about the trips. Anyway, we also have some fun Wednesday nights coming up for you folks, including car rallies, CUTC Olympics, and not to forget our end of the year party, with awards to be handed out for all sorts of antics. So lets make the most of this term, and get some candidates for some of these awards. do not worry, these nights actually end up being fun, the serious part only takes about 10 minutes. It is important that you are there so that you can also vote for the future of the club. You may even which to nominate yourself for some position. If you do, give Rene or Clare a call. Also team, don t forget your TROG stories. If you would like to be etched in stone and be famous forever, then send a story to our TROG editors, and it will go in our magazine. Don t be just another person that went through the tramping club, write a story. By the way there is CHOCOLATE involved, a block for each story submitted! This term is all about reflecting about what you have done this year, and how much you actually wanted to do, try it. So, how far off were you from your ideal? Miles? Well there is still time . Anyway, our advice this term is to get out of that hot sweaty study seat, and get fresh, go tramping. It s your last chance for 2000. See you out there. Rene and Clare We also have our beloved AGM coming up, joy and rapture! But 3 jonno’s presidential piece G day everyone. This is just a short spiel about committee positions and what is involved, in an attempt to raise your awareness of what goes on behind the scenes and to encourage you to get involved either directly or indirectly with the running of the club next year. Before I give an outline of the various committee positions (some of which will need to be filled at the next AGM) I d like to stress that getting involved is it s own reward. The club has around 300 members and several thousand dollars move through it each year, so being part of the committee is a great opportunity to gain some basic skills with respect to organising and managing large groups of people and significant amounts of money flow. Ands while there are responsibilities that must be taken seriously, the committee generally approaches the running of the club in a relaxed and sociable manner. Enough of the sales pitch; here, in a nutshell, is what we do... can be basically summarised as telling people what s happening. The responsibilities of gear locker officers are fairly selfexplanatory. Membership officers record and organise membership details. The environmental officers liase with DOC. Social officers organise all the fun stuff (Yay! Bushball cranked!). And last, but not least, TROG editors edit TROG, the end of year magazine, and the newsletter editor brings all this to you. I hope I haven t forgotten any positions. For more detailed job descriptions take a look at the descriptions on the club s website (www.cutc.canterbury.ac.nz), or talk to any good committee member near you... And just to reiterate what I said earlier, we ll be looking for nominations to fill some of these positions in an AGM coming up this term, and club members will be asked to vote for the nominees. Cheers, Jonno. By far the most important position is club president (Ha! —Ed.). This is where all the work is done, while the rest of the committee is pretty much a managerial embellishment. Well, actually, this isn t entirely true club captains have a very important role, organising meetings and overseeing most of the clubs events. Treasurers take care of the clubs finances (for those of you who are unaware, we re a non-profit club), and the secretary takes care of, well, secretarial stuff. The instruction officer s job is to organise first aid, snow craft, river crossing and rock climbing courses. The safety officer keeps an eye on these courses, as well as the trips going away each week. The trips officer basically organises these weekly trips, and attempts to bring like-minded people together (just like Chuck Willery). The publicity officer s responsibilities are varied, but 4 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB ben’s presidential piece Spring is here! I saw daffodils just yesterday! Yes warmer days are upon us soon so go and enjoy the snow quickly in its full soft, sparkling splendour before it retreats for another year to hide, sulking, at the uppermost tops of the alps. But I hear you say , it ll be back next year — I ll go then. Well you can t be sure of that — our time is limited and as each precious weekend slips by there is another opportunity lost, another place you might never see, another friend you might never make. Why so contemplative? Because I ve just accepted a full time job at AgResearch, Palmerston North and I ll be shifting there very soon (14th Sept). I ve been in the CUTC for 6 years now and it was my first year that I actually did the most trips. In the last few years I was enslaved by the part time job that consumed my weekends like Adrian NEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 Monks consumes mealmates I have a long list of places I want to go but after all this time I haven t visited half of them! So it is with very mixed feelings that Demelza and I leave Christchurch to live up there — on one hand we will miss those CUTC meetings and trips and all the fantastic people that make up this club and also my other friends and family. On the other hand I will now have a cool job in the field I want to work in with EVERY WEEKEND OFF!!!! Yes, I ll make very good use of those weekends because I now realise more than ever how important it is to get out there and do things you enjoy. It s one of those you don t know what you ve got till it s gone things. The good news is that Massey University has an Alpine Club (MUAC 5 — www .massey.ac.nz/~muac/. It looks like it has a broader focus than us — tramping, alpine, skiing, kayaking, MTBing etc (including hot pools — I m in!). I m looking forward to joining up with them and I really want to do a bit of an Ideas Exchange thing between CUTC and MUAC. I m sure both do things that the other can learn from and I ll report back and make suggestions later this year. Another thing that caught my attention recently was an article in the current FMC Bulletin (pick up a copy from the gearlocker) about Te Araroa —The Long Pathway (www.teararoa.org.nz). This is a 20-yearold idea of creating one continuous walkway from North Cape to Bluff. There is now a group that is actively working on this. They are currently focussed on the North Island but it won t take long until they look at the South Island. They welcome input from clubs & groups into where the walkway should go and also creating and maintaining it. Groups could adopt a stretch of the trail. The CUTC has always had a culture of giving something back which is illustrated by the building of our hut at Avoca valley, wilding-pine removal expeditions, our FMC membership, track maintenance trips in recent years and our upkeep of Steeds hut in Arthur s Pass village (until recent years because it got sold by the UCSA). I think this is a great opportunity to get into this project and I am working on it at the moment. If we want, we can probably have a significant impact on the South Island route — which is good since the current trust seems to be a bunch of North Islanders! It s well worth checking out the website which chronicles the journey of Geoff Chapple - the guy who initiated this again and who walked the length of the North Island and tells of his trips and adventures — really good reading! In the meantime Jonno is having a well-deserved holiday in the US of A before he starts his PhD next year (so he ll be around for a while). The position of President actually has a 2-year term in our constitution to provide continuity so unless he can t do it, he will be next year s President as well. He is hoping to walk a part of the Appalachian Trail which is the Te Araroa concept in America and quite a classic trail with a long history (www.atconf.org) and also long length (2167.1 miles). It will be interesting to hear back from him next year. This term brings a few more great trips and events and despite the looming examinations, you should all try to go on at least one trip — even those of you who may not have had any significant involvement with the club so far — it is never too late to start and we welcome you at any time of the year. By the time you read this, our first Rubber Chicken event this year, abseiling off the Chemistry building will have happened. Yeah, Baby! Eight stories of pure adrenaline! Thanks to David Bones who organised it. That s it from me, I won t say goodbye because I plan on staying involved with the CUTC and I hope to meet you all again next year sometime. Benjamin Franzmayr PS: what do you think I will do on my last weekend in Christchurch? I ll follow my own advice and go tramping! 6 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB From the mailbag… ✐ Copies of the Federated Mountain Clubs Bulletin August 2000 are available for perusal from the gear locker officers. CUTC is an FMC affiliated club, and it provides us with national representation. The bulletin is packed full of interesting stuff. Of note: the FMC Wild Lands Recreation Management Conference is being held at Rotoiti Lodge, St Arnaud, 13-15 October. ✐ MapWorld, the Christchurch-based specialist map shop has published “TopoMap New Zealand on CD-ROM”. This is a seamless, digital map covering the whole of NZ in 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 scales, and includes features such as searching by place or feature name, cut and paste, and printing of maps. Prices range from 59 for South Island 1:250 000 series only, up to 499 for the whole of NZ at 1:50 000. Could be a valuable addition to the club gear locker, or your own personal gear. See MapWorld on the corner of Gloucester and Manchester St. ✐ Department of Conservation is currently seeking volunteer hut wardens for the summer season. You basically stay at a hut in the Arthur’s Pass area and keep an eye on it for a week or more. You need the basic tramping equipment yourself too. These are reasonably prime jobs, they look good on a CV too. See Fred de Zwart for more details, or contact Ann Shepherd from DOC directly, (03) 318 9086. ✐ A fundraising drive is on for the planned Tuatapere Hump Ridge track, Southland. The track will be a 53km, three day/two night walk through forest, coastal and sub-alpine areas. If you’ve got 50 to spare, why not “purchase” a piece of the track? A guy called Rhys Owen is organising the fundraising, (03) 213 1516. ✐ Global Village Backpackers, Greymouth send details of their accomodation, plus route guides for two great tramps in the Grey River area to which they offer drop-off and pick-up services. The Croesus and Inland Pack tracks are both two-day tracks rated easy. The latter takes in the “Ballroom” which some of you will have seen in a slide show during term 3. The prices are pretty reasonable, from 16 per night pp. They’re at 42-54 Cowper St, Greymouth, phone (03) 768 7272. NEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 ✐ The NZ Snow Safety Institute has been running courses at Temple Basin. They may all be over by now, but contact Anna Everton, (021) 669113 if you’re interested, even for next year. ✐ Bivouac Outdoor (one of our sponsors) head office has moved to 435 Tuam St. ✐ A letter! (I swear these are not made up!) Dear Sir, I wish to comment regarding the letter from IPOOF about avalanche poodles (Newsletter 3). You big bunch of tossers. Get hard. It's people like you that give people a bad name. We are the superior species on this planet, and in our quest for world domination, we shall require the services of anything else that moves. Thus poodles will be used to test every and all snowy slopes, so that we may not break toenails in an avalanche. But let it not stop there. I will be putting forward proposals to implement other policies. I recommend using: Monkeys to test dodgy looking climbing ropes, Buffalo for testing depth and swiftness of river crossings, Peacocks to continuously monitor wind strength levels, Giraffes for the testing of unstable rock or scree slopes, Baby elephants to stress test all dodgy swingbridges and Canaries to monitor dangerous gas build up in long-drops. If any further wimp groups have issues with this, I further refer you to the start of this letter, making the appropriate name substitutions as necessary. Yours on top of the world, Sue P Ria What about Gerbils? –Ed. ✐ For a more detailed look at any of the items I’ve mentioned above, the chap to see is David Bones. Letters from Club members and any interested public, and replies to such letters were welcomed, but now you’ll have to wait until next year! 7 Trips and meetings for Term 4 8 this term for you to practice on. Also for those people who know a bit more and want to extend themselves then there are some harder trips too. 9-10 September Lake Daniels - This trip is a nice easy walk into Lake Daniels. Stay in the hut right on the waters edge then come out the next day. A great trip for those who want to be relaxed for the rest of the term. Grade - Easy Duration - Overnight Gloriana and Faerie Queene This trip is at the other extreme from Lake Daniels. Drive up Friday night and walk into Cannibal Gorge hut in the dark. Then the next day head up the hill and camp in one of the high basins. On Sunday make an assault on the two peaks come back to the camp, pack up and race out to the car. These two peaks are the highest peaks in the Lewis pass area and will provide great views. Snow skills and a warm sleeping bag will be re- quired. Grade - Hard Duration - Two Nights 13 September Meeting 2 CUTC Olympics or a guest speaker, we re not quite sure, but we will keep you up to date. 16-17 September Mt Technical - A peak with a name to match the climb. Head up the night before and stay at Sylvia Flats (in the Lewis Pass). Then the next day make an early start up the hill until you find a proper ridge. Follow this ridge up until reaching the top. Once there take in the views and worry about how to get back down. Snow skills and a good head for heights are required. PS it s not as bad as I ve made out. J Grade - Hard Duration - Night and Day Trip CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB Thousand Acre Plateau Well it s the last term of the year and my time as trips officer is almost up. It s not quite what I expected with fewer people going away on some trips than I had anticipated. Maybe this is due to the workload a lot of people have. This term I m trying some night and day trips. These trips head away on a Friday or Saturday night and stay at Sylvia flats then the next day they do a day trip. Hopefully people will be keen to do these trips as you still get a day to do study and also there isn t as much driving to be done on one day. If people a keen to do a trip or are just thinking about doing one then make sure you go and see the person in charge of the trip straight away. There have been several trips this year where only two people turned up and they were told the trip wasn t going away only for two or three more people to turn up half an hour later. For those of you who have not yet practiced your newly learnt snow skills then there are several trips Lewis Pass Tops - Head up the night before to Sylvia Flats and enjoy the hot pools. The next day follow the tracks of the group heading up Mt Technical at a slower pace though. Sample the tarns and botanise until your heart s content. Then come back down the same way or go down waterfall creek if you want a bit more excitement. Grade - Easy Duration - Night and Day Trip 20 September terwards relax in the hot pools at Hanmer Springs. Grade - Easy Duration - Day Trip 27 September Meeting 4 AGM and Chocolate Game Ever wanted to be elected? Well tonight s your chance. There are plenty of prestigious positions up for grab, so come along. Also you won t want to miss our world record attempt at the biggest Chocolate Game Ever. It s been evident on trips that many of you have been training all year for this one so you won t want to miss it. 30 September - 1 October Mt Fyffe - Mt Fyffe provides great views of the Kaikoura coastline and you may be able to see the North Island if the day is clear. Head up the hill and stay at the hut partway up the hill, then the next day continue up to the top and take Meeting 3 The warmer weather will mean it s the perfect time for a night stroll. Come wander the hills with us tonight. Don t forget to bring a torch and some warm clothes. 23-24 September Henry River - Boucher Stream - This is the trip for you if you want to improve your route finding skills. Travel in mostly untracked terrain to Anne Hut. Anne Hut is in the middle of the St James walkway (Lewis Pass) but can be accessed via Henry River. This trip involves crossing two passes which will provide good views. Grade - Medium Duration - Overnight Mt Isobel - A nice daytrip above Hanmer Springs. Head up the waterfall track and then continue on to the top. Come down the same way or do a loop. Great views into the Molesworth region and good views of the Amuri Basin. AfNEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 9 in the view. motorized scavenger hunt. Teams in cars will compete to find clues Grade - Easy around the city. After the success Duration — Overnight or night and of the last scavenger hunt this one day has to be a biggy! Mt Torlesse - A chance to practice your snow skills if the snow conditions continue. Start at the base of Porters Pass then head up. 5hrs later and you ll be slightly higher with a much better view. Since the route follows a ridge anyone who has done basic snowcraft will have no trouble with this trip. Grade - Medium Duration - Day Trip 4 October Meeting 5 The stress is mounting so what you need is a completely wacky event. It s got to be the completely silly 7-8 October Carrington Hut - Something a bit different, a valley trip. Start just before Arthurs Pass and head up the Waimak River for 4hrs until reaching the classy Carrington Hut. You can now relax or if you aren t tired yet why not go exploring. Carrington Hut is set amongst some majestic mountains and also on the walk in requires no climbing. Grade - Easy Duration - Overnight Cameron Hut - This trip heads into an area that the club doesn t visit much but that doesn t mean it s not any good. In fact this would have to be one of the better huts that a tramper can get to without using an ice axe and crampons. The hut is situated in the Arrowsmith ranges (Up to 2700m high) and waking up beneath these mountains will be something that you won t easily forget. It s only 4hrs walk in as well, what more could you ask for. Grade- Medium Duration - Overnight Mt Arrowsmith - This trip continues from where the last on left off. Head up to the highest mountain in the Arrowsmith ranges, Mt Arrowsmith (2700m+). Not for the faint hearted. Intermediate snow skill recommended. People wanting to do this trip should be able to look after themselves and have good routefinding skills and good snow skills. The views and the feeling of getting to the top (and getting down will stay with you forever). Grade - Mountaineering Duration - Overnight 11 October Meeting 6 Awards night and Party To finish off a great year we re having a bit of a party. We re also going to hold our own tramping club awards to celebrate the quirky stupid and down right impressive actions of our fellow club members. So if you think someone in the club deserves an award make sure you pass it on to Rene or Clare, before the night. Hopefully, we ll also get to drink all the beer we have steadily earned through the beer points scheme. 10 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB 14-15 October Otehake Hot Pools —A nice trip into these great hot pools will make this trip definitely worthwhile. So come on take this weekend off to prepare for the up coming exams. The Otehake hot pools are situated about 6hrs from the road between Arthurs Pass and the Westcoast. Grade — Medium Duration — Overnight Otehake Hot Pools Take Two — If you want to make the previous trip a bit more challenging then why not head to the pools via the Pfeifer Tops. This will be a great trip for those of you who love to be adventurous. This trip involves a bit of everything great views, great company and great bush bashing. J At the end of the day you get to meet up with the other group and swap stories. Snowcraft 2000 Grade — Hard Duration - Overnight Holidays - If people have ideas on what they want to do or where they want to go give me a call on 3382497 or email me at [email protected] Please get your ideas to me soon that way I can let other people know about the trips. Even if you don t know whether you can go but have this cool idea for a trip let me know. Also I will try and send around a sheet so people can put their name and contact details for over the holidays. That way people can contact one another and go away on trips still. Greig Hamilton ❏ NEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 11 Bushball 2000! For more pictures see the club web site gallery: www.cutc.canterbury.ac.nz/gallery/ Please scan your pictures for the gallery too! term 3 Kylie looks lovely on top of Mt. Bealey Thousand Acre Plateau trip The beautiful Heaphy track trippers Purple Peak trip Hollyford Track trip Cheaper than the climbing wall prime rule is don t shit near water supplies, streams or rivers.) footprints and photos Fred de Zwart, Environmental Officer Impress your fellow trampers, and show them what a nice caring, sharing person you are. Here are a few pointers that friends have given to me over the years, in an effort to keep our parks in an untouched state. 1) Carry out what you carry in. This one is the most important, but simplest, rule of tramping, and it is amazing how many people think that a janitor comes along to clean huts out. The only people that clean huts are the people that stay there, and if you enjoy rat infested huts, then make sure you leave a mess there. If you would rather stay in a clean hut, make sure you leave it like that for the next group of weary trampers. Litter in the bush stands out like a sore thumb. If you can t be bothered carrying out your chocolate bar wrapper, do what I do, and stick it into someone else s pack. That way, you don t have to carry it out, but it isn t left in the bush. Don t put non biodegradable rubbish into toilets. This is especially true for alpine huts. Toilets above the tree line are generally too cold to allow microbial degradation of your shit, so it has pumped onto a tank, and helicoptered out. This is very expensive, and it means DoC has to charge more for the huts. Plastic bags, etc. clog up the pumps. You have to feel sorry for the guys that have to suck all that shit out of those toilets, so don t make their jobs any harder. 2) If there is a track, use it. Walk16 ing through the bush does damage the forest, and it is visible. Don t cut corners. Do not take this to mean that you aren t allowed to leave the track. Just use the track if there is one. On this note, if you come across a puddle in the middle of a track, do not make a new track beside it. This will compress the soil beside the puddle, and then the puddle will become twice as wide. The overall result of this is a large puddle that spans three or more metres, and it isn t nice. I think, in most cases it is best to walk straight through it. Of course, don t be stupid. If the puddle is a metre deep, then no one will complain if you walk around it. It does make a good photo though! 3) How to shit in the bush: Simple rules here. Make it so that no one will ever know. Thus, don t leave it on top, and don t leave it close to a track, hut, tent site, or river. Huts generally have a toilet. Use it. If there isn t a toilet, dig a shallow hole, do the squat thing, clean up, and bury the evidence. Spread some leaves/ branches on top, so that it doesn t look disturbed. Make sure that you don t let your tramping companions do their deeds in the same place; that isn t very good manners. Digging a hole need not be difficult. Ice axes do the job very efficiently (especially if it isn t yours), but tent pegs, sticks and billy lids are all suitable digging implements. (Ed- Giardia is a water-bourne gastrointestinal parasite that is mainly caused by contamination of drinking water by human or animal faeces. So the 4) Dishes: This is very similar to shitting. Do not wash dishes or tip food straight in to our rivers. This can contaminate the water if you are sick, and it also gives those nasty bugs more things to eat. Bad. Best to get some water, carry it ten metres from the river, and wash your dishes there. Try to have the water soak into the soil, so it can be naturally filtered before it makes its way to the river again. Bury or carry out food wastes. As was found out on bush ball, it isn t a good idea to drain fat into the sink. Fat solidifies when it cools down, and effectively seals the plumbing in huts. If this happens, the way to fix it is to pour some soap down, and lots of hot water. But it is a dirty job. 5) Fire: Fire is your friend, but it can also be your enemy. Treat it with respect. Do not try fire breathing using your cooking fuel. It hurts. If you can, use your cooker instead of a fire. Cookers are cleaner, quicker, and (generally) a lot safer. If you must make a fire, use common sense. Make it only as big as it needs to be, make it safe (don t start a bush fire) and use dead wood, preferably from river beds. Dead wood on the forest floor is an important part of the ecosystem, so don t use it if possible. When you are finished, make sure the fire is out, and completely cold. Clean up, so that it doesn t look like you ve been there. Finally, have fun in the bush, but make sure that others can get the same enjoyment as you do. CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB NEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 17 david bones cooks it up… Yorkshire pudding (Like gingerbread, keeps well on tramps.) then add the egg and milk/beer, stirring to form a thick batter. 2 cups flour 2 tsp ground ginger 1 cup oatmeal 100g butter 1 beaten egg Line a 18cm x 28cm tin with buttered greaseproof paper, pour in the mixture and bake for 45 to 55 minutes, until the cake is firm to the touch and has begun to shrink away from the sides of the tin. 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp mixed spice 1 cup treacle 1/4 cup brown sugar 50ml milk or beer Heat oven to 180 degrees celcius. Sift flour, soda and spices into a large bowl. Stir in the oatmeal. Place the treacle, butter and sugar in a saucepan over gentle heat, stirring frequently until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves. Pour into the dry ingredients, and 50ml beer is about 5 dessert spoons or slightly less than 1/4 cup. This leaves plenty to drink! Happy baking, David http://john.chem.canterbury.ac.nz/climb/cartoons/ 18 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB movational, emotivational phil lamb, editor As I write this, the rain is thundering into the roof over my head, and outside my window the cars are gliding along past Hagley Park, their lights cutting a swath through the darkness. The phone this evening has been a chorus of people complaining talk about crap weather Trev! , Personally, I hope the rain sets in. I m itching to go tramping. Unless you ve seen storm clouds snake up a lake valley, or listened to night-time Kea screams through the sound of rain on a tin hut roof, you might not understand. Unless you ve tramped feeling the muggy glow of being soaked to the skin yet warmed up and satisfyingly short of breath, I m sure you wouldn t be keen to join me. Until you ve tramped through twelve hours of shit weather, and then had sunlight swarm through the clouds and set in the most spectacular array of colour and shadow, you ll probably be short on motivation to place yourself out in it. But once you have, you won t regret it for one second. Anathema to some, invitation to others; to me, wilderness is a state of Save our national parks, crash a front-end loader today NEWSLETTER 2000 NO. 4 mind, and its experienced harshness purely a matter of physical preparation. It always amuses me when people talk about getting fit , because fitness is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. A person is either fit for a certain activity or they re not, and just as there s no limit to the types of activity a person can be fit for, there s no limit to fitness. There are plenty of members of this club who test some of the feeble mainstream notions about these limits too. One of these feeble mainstream notions about fitness is currently raising an ugly spectre over an area that trampers and other wildness users hold very dear, the Kahurangi National Park, and particularly the route followed by the Heaphy Track. For those of you who haven t heard, it has been proposed that as part of the West Coast economic development package, a road be built from Karamea to Collingwood, right through the heart of the National Park. Arguments in favour of the road range from muddle-headed to misguided but one of the more insidious is based around the (mis)observation that without a road, access to the heart of the park is restricted to a certain portion of the population, the young and fit. Quite apart from what the thousands of trampers aged over 60 might have to say about that, I find the application of such an argument in support of a bloody road both philosophically and morally bankrupt. If we want more people to have access to wilderness areas, the answer is not to bulldoze a bloody road through them; the answer is to set the example and provide the assistance to those people so they can achieve this on their own terms. That s the reason why this club, tens of others like it and major bodies like the Hillary Commission for Sport exist. I urge all you with hands to write to the editor of every publication you can think of pushing this message. Enough said. This is the last CUTC newsletter for the year 2000, but I don t want this to have even the slightest sense of finality to it, because from here on in is really where the fun begins; we ve got over three fat months of holiday time ahead of us. There are only a few more weeks of term left to make those connections with the people in the club whom you d like to be tramping with over the holidays. I never feel so on-top-of-the-world as when I ve been studying hard-out for exams for a few weeks and all that lies ahead is the bush and the beach. Its been a huge amount of fun talking to you through these newsletters this year, but I d much rather be out tramping with you. Roll around midNovember I ll be heading off for a legendary surf break I ve found on Stewart Island that takes a three-day tramp to get in to. Who s with me? Come to the meetings and tell me about your plans and maybe I ll see you out there Phil. ❏ 19 CUTC committee members For issues concerning the operation of the club and its activities, these are the people to contact!Note also that some committee positions will need filling next year, so if you’re interested in being nominated for a position at this years AGM, contact the relevant person(s) to find out what’s involved. Committee members get free food at committee meetings, free use of some of the club gear, as well as fame and the adulation of hordes of adoring fans! (Okay I’m kidding a bit… the food isn’t totally free.) Co-Presidents Jonno Benjamin Club Captains Clare Rene Treasurer Lauretta Assistant Treasurer Emily Secretary David Membership Demelza Publicity Clare Trips Greig Instruction Stewart Safety Ian Newsletter Phillip Gear Locker Greig Ian Social Phil Suz Gerry TROG David Cynthia Enviromental Fred Trudy Hill Franzmayr McLennan Borsboom Smith Tuffley Bones George-Franzmayr Scott Hamilton Hardie Buunk Lamb Hamilton Buunk Barclay Cleary Craig Bones Bishop de Zwart Geoghegan 322 6209 / 021 2975714 348 3707 377 8388 365 2967 351 9233 332 4296 322 6209 343 4386 338 2497 359 8820 357 1220 377 8773 / 021 605564 338 2497 357 1220 357 0911 351 4494 3435010 332 4296 359 7872 365 0559 356 0449 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] CUTC contact list September 2000 Updated with second semester details, here it is again for your convenience, the CUTC phone contact list for 2000, provided as a convenience for base contacts, trip leaders, trippers and socialites. Owing to some scaremongering about email spam, a committee edict was issued that email addresses not be published, but Canterbury Uni student emails can be looked up via the varsity website (http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/ contact/emailadd/intro.htm), or you can email Stewart Hardie, [email protected] if you need the email address of a non-student. Note also that you’ll miss out on your copy of the club’s end of year magazine, TROG, if the address details that you supplied at the time you signed up for club membership have changed, so please (international students especially) come to a meeting this term and check with a committee member that your details are correct. Lastly, plans are underway to form a holiday email list and web-based notice board so that you can keep in touch with other club over the holidays, and plan trips, socials and generally nut around, regardless of where abouts in the world you are. Details of how to subscribe to this will be emailed and announced at meetings closer to the end of term, so keep your heads up. – PL. 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