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Trip Reports

Beginner’s Snowschool 2 - July 2010

When the winter chill comes
blowing in around this time, it can only mean several things: mochaccinos,
thermals, and SNOW. Our group of ten trampers and climbers (or both) headed
down to the mountains on a chilly Monday night for Round Two of this year’s AUTC
& AURAC Beginner’s Snowschool. The majority of the group had little

The Great Mount Pirongia Epic Odyssey

The Great Mount

Waiorongamai Valley (by Amanda Maloney)

Saturday October 2 to Sunday October 3, Brendan led a group of nine people in the
Kaimai ranges. We left from uni around 9:30 on Saturday morning. We had a great walk
up to the campsite and stopped a few old mine tunnels along the way. Anton suggested
that we check out Buck Rock on our way up, so we dropped our packs on the trail at

Orientation trip by Yucheng Su(Photos!!!)

Hey, My name is Yucheng. I am a first year student this year. Orientation trip was the first club event that i've join. It was really really really awosome!!! I made a lot of friends in different departments and no matter what year they are!
I choosed the medium hard one for the first day. It was ok, bit hard, especially there was a side of the mountain, almost like 80 degree!!! That was really hard, but yeah, we still pass it!
And i love the activities happening at the night! That was so much fun! I showed my KUNGFY dance as well lol

Whatever Happened to Georgie Pie?

Hey all... For some reason I have a whole load of trip reports that I forgot to email to Rebecca for Footprints, so thought I might upload them here.

“Whatever Happened to Georgie Pie?” – A Kawekas Adventure.

Bush "Skool" 2008

It was an informative weekend over at the AUTC hut at Waitaks as the ‘eager’
students (all 17 of us) of bush skool piled over there to learn in two days the
necessary skills of bushcraft, tramping and orienteering.
For those less fortunate and were not able to make it to this mini course run by
the AUTC – we had a good time learning basic yet vital skills of being in the
bush like first aid outdoors and what food to bring, how to set up tents and
how to set up shelters,  how to use portable cookers, gear list – the
essentials and how to pack your pack efficiently, wha

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