WTMC logoWTMCTrip Report Archive

Tararua Range·Not graded

Ascent Holdsworth July 20-22

20–22 July 1979 · Tararua (Mountain House, Holdsworth, Atiwhakatu, Angle Knob, McGregor)

This text was read by OCR from a scanned newsletter and has not been proofread yet, so expect odd characters and mistakes.

After a Fridey over-night at the end of the road, the 13 trippers under Don O’srien's guiding hands set off on’a fine Saturday morn for Mountain House (lunch “She OP), and in the afternoon, an hour on top. oo cel , Coot oe a Sean Wakely spoke to Masterton locals pent Saturde ay night at» Mountain House liowec. between several members

Conditions were - £antaetic a a via His CB set. The groug s e)

where -a lively Giscussion £ On Sunday in cloucy conditions the 0! Brien trippers ‘dived down the River Track to the Atiwhakatu anc home. The "fit" squad under Howard Biags complete‘ their: Holdsworth-Angle Knob trip with ease anc. romped along the McGregor riage for an extra looksee under the perfect Saturday conditions. There was very jittle snow on the tops. che weather was 30 good, in fact, that our Medium trip was almost crowiled off the Holdsworth track on the Saturday... Don says at least 30 Gay-trippers climbed Mount Holdswortn: creating traffic problems. — ; a

About this record

Sources
Newsletter
Reference
newsletter scan 1979 - newsletter p41
Text from
Newsletter scan, OCR (not proofread)
Date confidence
low
Notes
text: Tesseract OCR, not yet proofread (mean OCR confidence 81.1); 13 trampers; Fit party under Howard Biggs
Archive file
archive/reports/1979-07-20_ascent-holdsworth-july-20-22/report.md
Record id
1979-07-20_ascent-holdsworth-july-20-22