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m Disepecineed 3 erates the Ruapehu working party. had rest: ; “changed yet “again, and the bike trip was off, I took matters into my own hands. I announced at club that I * was going tramping Sunday. Without any arm twisting there were 6 takers. ; We arrived at the railway station at 9 a.m, to find about twenty Tararuas. eanagy. tramping is popular in eat : ye Club LOO, 2 ae I : ‘ The trip went to the LeStHc bigs valley. We waded the =. -' Five Mile track and then wondered where to go. Goat Es m Stream looked inviting. © By lunch time we were in the . head of the creek. The climb out was a bit of a scramble. Then our way to South Saddle was barred by scrub, bent over by the prevailing wind. After about dn hour and a half plus lots of false forward movements we made it to the saddle. Dewn to the river and a long Refresh. ES About half five we were at Jacobs Ladder. Here the troops revolted. The trip was supposed to go via the Butcher/Baker track. “But the 1,580 foot climb was too much, Over the Five Mile again. ae —" The Sunday trippers: , i, ; é>:Warren Thorburn Debbie Hutchings Andrew Trembath * Annette Johnson ' Anthony Holland Mike Hollis . . Both the Hutt Valleys and the Tararuas run. regular . >e.weekend day trips. Perhaps we should too, as it does - seem that weekend tramping is too much for the younger iy generation these days. : "gyre, ac . Mike ‘