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Recent trips: Weather during May and June wasn't too good and trips had mixed success, On 20-22nd May Adrienne Hall led approximately 12 on the medium trip into Rearing Stag and down the Ruamahunga River. Brian Charles led his mob cf 10 from Bryants to Roaring Stag and up to Cattle Ridge for the night. Two arrived via Putara and Haukura Ridge and got the venison. The fit. party went out along Cattle Ridge, Cow Saddle and Cleft Creek, Two went out via Blue Range and just made it. Another two took the spur north cf Cow Saddle ridge and found it to be a fast route down. The FE trip on Dundas Ridge was cancelled. Trips into the Ohau and Upper Otaki Rivers failed to run on 27-29 May. Queens Birthday: Ruapehu was: booked out, but Huey booked in and IE gather not much was done. : On private trips a party of four (Tony Gazley, Bill Drake and he! Smarts) went tc Nelson Lakes and Cupola Basin but you could ask Tony about a wee avalanche on Cupola and more bad weather. P. Delisle and P., Richardson want to the Inland Kaikouras and climbed Tapuaenuku and. Alarm before the weather collapsed, though Monday was fine. The Mountain House working party on 10-12 June had 20-vdd supporters and seme gocd work was done, 17-19 June was a wet weekend but 12 went on Clark Halverson.’ 8 Easy trip to Smiths Creek-Dobscons, Tan McLean led four on the Makaka Creek-Mt. Cone Fit trip and Glynnis Hadfield led her four from Walls to Kaitoke. © As all keen skiers will know the Ski Instruction weekend was fully booked and I think the weather was okay.’ The tramping trips were cancelled due tc apathy anc injury.
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