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Tempered by a beautiful, calm evening the Tongue & Meat Bushcraft ti participants rushed at high gait into the Tauherenikau River (Smiths Creek end) on Friday evening. Overcoming the usual calamities .: (Ian Hadfield), camp was made by 11.45 p.m. The next two dayg were spent furiously as various instructors revealed the knowledge of génerations and the pupils practised the arts of bushcraft. Saturday culminated in a magnificent stew and a campfire natter. Sunday was spent avoiding exposure and navigating our way out over various routes. A good time was had by all - some of us returned a little wiser: Trampers bushcrafting were: Greg Aimer, Ian McLean, Hugh and Liz Middleton, Alan, Sarah and Sue Higgins, Chris Brown, Ian Hadfield, Rhonda Bogisch, Diane Bogisch, Raewyn Egger, Tonia Duncan, Glenda aera: Jenny Dixon, Paul Greenwood, Tessa van Tuil. .. ke 2