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I2 medium people went from Walls to Mangaterere on the weekend 5 = 7 May, but all other trips were cancelled,
The bushcraft exercise the following weekend saw nine keen trampers practising their skills (or rather the lack-of them). The weekend was extremely vet, even Little side creeks were impassable, but as compensation it was unusually mild. May I9 - 27: Some 35 people went on the various trips, ai? in. the Blue Range area. Paul Aubrey led the Bannister crossing, 4 successful trip.. ilso this weekend a Ruapehu working party of el. . . May 26 —- 28 saw only the easy trip run.- to Smiths, Dobsons with I4 members. There was also an official climbing trip to Mangatepopo led by Faul Aubrey with I2 people. During May we had a high cancellation rate - 6 out of 13 trips, and it was only the easy and medium groups that kept the others