Apr (57kb) - New Zealand Alpine Club
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Nelson Marlborough Section <strong>New</strong>sletter <strong>Apr</strong>il 2012<br />
Next Section Evening<br />
Wednesday 20 th June 7:30pm at the Richmond<br />
Town Hall. There is a small break due to Banff<br />
planning and the school holidays.<br />
Ruth Hesselyn<br />
It is with great sadness that I inform members of<br />
the sudden death of Ruth in March, as a result of a<br />
climbing accident.<br />
Ruth was an active member of the <strong>Alpine</strong> <strong>Club</strong>,<br />
participating in many section trips . She was a<br />
passionate and competent outdoors person and I<br />
along with other committee members enjoyed her<br />
company in the hills greatly.<br />
RIP Ruth<br />
Jerome Waldron.<br />
Section Trip Coordinator<br />
Ben has kindly agreed to help coordinate trips. If<br />
members have an idea for a trip or are looking for<br />
a climbing partner/s for a project in the hills or<br />
crag call Ben Winnubst (he has so much<br />
knowledge and experience to share.)<br />
Basic Snow Craft Course 2012<br />
Commences on Friday evening, the 3 rd of August,<br />
finishing on Sunday 5th August at the Rainbow<br />
ski field.<br />
Call or email Jerome Waldron for details.<br />
<strong>New</strong>sletter Content<br />
If you have trip reports, news items, gear to sell, trips<br />
you want to list, or any other items please send them<br />
through by emailing me at<br />
gerard.mayes@xtra.co.nz<br />
If you are currently receiving the newsletter by<br />
standard mail and could receive it by email, please<br />
let me know at gerard.mayes@xtra.co.nz. It saves<br />
on postage etc. for the section.<br />
Committee<br />
Phil Doole, Secretary & Gear 544 5281<br />
The.dooles@xtra.co.nz<br />
Richard Pearson, Treasurer, 548 7052<br />
handrp@xtra.co.nz<br />
Bruce Davies, Meetings, 547 2620<br />
daviesrobin@yahoo.com<br />
Jerome Waldron, Marl, 03 572 9214<br />
jjwaldron@xtra.co.nz<br />
Ben Winnubst, 548 7357<br />
ben.winnubst@nmhs.govt.nz<br />
Diane Winter<br />
dwinter@xtra.co.nz<br />
Richard Pears<br />
pears.richard@gmail.com<br />
Gerard Mayes, <strong>New</strong>sletter 547 9488<br />
gerard.mayes@xtra.co.nz<br />
Section Trips.<br />
12-13 May Angelus ridge.<br />
Easy rock scrambling.<br />
Ph Ben Winnubst 548 7357<br />
26-27 May Big River MTB (Reefton)<br />
Ph Ben Winnubst 548 7357<br />
23-24 June Granity Pass Hut.<br />
A winter visit to Mt Owen and Replica.<br />
Call/email Ben Winnubst 035487357<br />
3-5 August Basic Snow Craft Course,<br />
Rainbow SkiField – Jerome Waldron<br />
18-19 August Mt Travers.<br />
A Good follow up for BSCC.<br />
Ph Ben Winnubst 548 7357<br />
14-17 Sept Mts Ruaphehu / Taranaki<br />
(a volcanic experience)<br />
Hut accommodation. Good fitness and<br />
solid cramponing technique required,<br />
plus some flexibility re dates.<br />
Call/email Jerome Waldron 035729214<br />
NB: Trip leaders would appreciate<br />
indications of interest as early as possible<br />
as trips require time to organise.
National Office <strong>New</strong>s<br />
Winter Instruction Programme<br />
Registration of the NZAC Winter Instruction Courses is now open!<br />
There are three courses on offer:<br />
• Mountain Skills for Youth<br />
• Introduction to Back Country Skiing<br />
• Progression to Leading on Technical Ice<br />
For information and registration forms, go to:<br />
http://alpineclub.org.nz/national-instruction-courses/alpine<br />
Mountain Skills for Youth Scholarship<br />
The NZAC is offering a scholarship for one participant on the Mountain Skills for Youth<br />
Course. The winning application will get the course for free.<br />
For details and an application form for the scholarship, check here:<br />
http://alpineclub.org.nz/national-instruction-courses/alpine<br />
Creative Writing Course<br />
Well known mountain author Paul Hersey is running a Creative Writing Course as part of the<br />
Unwin Art Workshop series. This will take place at Unwin Lodge 22 nd -25 th June. If you have<br />
ever fancied yourself as a writer, now it your chance to get some quality instruction from one of<br />
the best.<br />
Check here for info and registration details: http://alpineclub.org.nz/unwin/arts-workshops<br />
Creative Writing Competition<br />
And while we are on the subject of writing……get out those pens and create a short story<br />
masterpiece to celebrate the 80 th edition of The Climber!<br />
1500 word limit; deadline May 7 th .<br />
Some great prizes from Macpac, plus books from local authors Paul Hersey, Colin Monteath<br />
and Pat Deavoll.<br />
For the full gen go to:<br />
https://alpineclub.org.nz/the-80th-issue-climber-creative-writing-competition<br />
CREDIT CARD – SECURITY 3-DIGIT PIN REQUIREMENT<br />
Please note that from <strong>Apr</strong>il we will be unable to process credit card payments without the 3-<br />
digit security pin number (CSC) from the back of the card. We are having new hut fee payment<br />
forms printed to allow for this extra detail. I’d appreciate anyone coming across old forms, or<br />
brochures in NZAC huts that don’t ask for a CVV2/CVC2…… number, to please send them<br />
into National Office and let me know where they came from for replacement. We will give<br />
them a CVV2/CVC2…… stamp and reuse them, so don’t hiff them please.<br />
In preference, for security of your credit card details, we recommend you take advantage of our<br />
new online hut payment area: https://alpineclub.org.nz/product/hut-misc
10 th <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> Banff International Mountain Film Festival – 19 May<br />
Another exciting selection of films has been selected from a wide range of choices. The venue is<br />
the Annesbrook Community Centre on Saxton’s Road.<br />
Tickets will go on sale about 4 weeks prior and will be available from the usual ticket outlets.<br />
Prices are $12 for NZAC members and Children and $18 for Adults. If anyone is keen to help out<br />
during the lead‐up or on the night please contact Phil Doole, The.dooles@xtra.co.nz<br />
2012 is the 10 th year the NZAC has hosted the Banff International Mountain Film Festival and to<br />
celebrate we have more screenings than ever before. Queenstown and Palmerston North are the<br />
two new additions to the Festival, hot on the heels of Taupo which had its inaugural screening<br />
last year.<br />
Many of the film selections are now on the NZAC website for you to download:<br />
http://alpineclub.org.nz/banff-mountain-film-festival-tour-of-new-zealand-2012<br />
Ebenezer Teichelmann by Bob McKerrow<br />
This book is no longer stocked by NZAC National Office, but copies can now be obtained from Ed Cotter<br />
for $30 plus p&p directly.<br />
His contact phone number in Christchurch is 03 326 6894<br />
Hut fee payments now online<br />
We now have the facility in place for NZAC hut fees to be paid online. Please follow this link for<br />
Visa/MasterCard and internet banking payments: https://alpineclub.org.nz/hut/payment<br />
Several new items for sale + p&p:<br />
<strong>Alpine</strong> Guides Technical Manual ($25) http://alpineclub.org.nz/product/alpine-guides-technical-manual-2011<br />
Beyond the Plains DVD ($20) http://alpineclub.org.nz/product/beyond-the-plains-dvd<br />
Himalayan Hospitals ($40) https://alpineclub.org.nz/product/himalayan-hospitals<br />
Sublime Climbs ($65 - Australian rock climbing) https://alpineclub.org.nz/product/sublime-climbs<br />
Coming soon.... NZAC 2012 calendar and Pat Deavoll’s new book ‘Wind From a Distant Summit’<br />
Bill Denz bio – Bold Beyond Belief in stock.<br />
Unwin Lodge – new Blog page<br />
Chas Tanner, Unwin’s new Lodge Manager has started a Blog site. Currently you can access this<br />
via the huts main NZAC webpage here: http://alpineclub.org.nz/hut/unwin<br />
Dean Buchanan has arrived at Unwin Lodge to commence a month as "artist in residence”.<br />
Mt Arrowsmith Images Request<br />
The call for photographs from Mt. Arrowsmith worked wonderfully!<br />
Alice Doughty would like to thank all the mountaineers who contributed photographs of the<br />
Cameron Glacier. Her studies on the impact of snow avalanches on glacier mass balance is made<br />
clearer by these images and the photographer(s) will be acknowledged with each time their photo<br />
appears in a presentation. She believes there is great potential for scientists to learn from general<br />
observations people make while in the mountains and your cooperation is appreciated.<br />
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