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Canterbury University 

In this issue: 

Tramping Club Issue 4, 2004 

cutc.org.nz 

Bushball 

CUTC Hosts a fairytale 

Touching the void 

Snowcraft report 

Environmental Officers 

Everything they do, they do it for you 

Plus: 

Summer Chatlist - a 

beginners guide

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CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB

Cover 

Photo: Vince McLeod 

Location: Emerald Tarns, 

Dusky Track 

Back Page 

Photo: Edward Pilbrow 

Location: Te Waewae Bay, 

Humpridge Track 

Editors 

Vince McLeod 

Edward Pilbrow 

e: newsletter@cutc.org.nz 

Advertising Sales Manager 


(03) 358 9460 

e: newsletter@cutc.org.nz 

Columnists 

Paul Cannin 

Kurt Janssen 

Contributors 

Layla Dowthwaite 

Vince McLeod 

Veronica Ulfves 

Bonnie Schaab 


Layout + Design 

Vince McLeod 


Publication Dates 

Terms 1, 2, 3 and 4 

Publisher 

Canterbury University Tramping Club 

C/- UCSA 

Private Bag 4800 

Christchurch, New Zealand 

Ph: +64 3 3642987 ext 7118 

This Magazine is published and distributed 

to club members four times a year (see dates 

above). Subscriptions to the club are $20 a 

year. 

The magazine invites contributions. These 

may be sent to the editors via the above email 

address. 

The entire contents of the Canterbury University 

Tramping Club Magazine are © copyright 

and may not be reproduced, in any form, 

either in whole or in part, without the express 

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as a contraceptive device. 

CONTENTS 

4 CLUB CAPTAINS 

6 TRIPS AND MEETINGS 

8 BUSHBALL REPORT 

12 SNOWCRAFT REPORT 

16 SUMMER CHATLIST 

18 THE GREEN PAGES 

20 MEMBERSHIP 

21 COMMITTEE MEMBERS 

ADVERTISING INDEX 

2 BIVOUAC 

21 HIGH COUNTRY 

23 MAINLAND OUTDOORS 

TERM 4, 2004 

3

CLUB 

CAPTAINS 

(arrrr......) 

4 

Hello everybody! Well I hope the holidays 

proved both a relaxing and enjoyable 

time for everybody. With all the 

snow in the last couple of weeks, I’m 

sure skiing was on many people’s wish 

list during the break and I’m sure many 

of you ventured near and far for various 

tramps. Anyway, the year has flown by 

and now we begin the final push towards 

the end of year exams, but don’t 

forget to enjoy the final 6 weeks of uni! 

With such a small amount of time remaining 

in the university year it’s time 

for those of you who haven’t been that 

active to get outdoors and get involved 

and for those that have it’s only 6 short 

weeks until the 3 months of freedom 

that is summer! Just a quick reminder 

that when you finish uni, you won’t remember 

all those hard hours in the library 

or in the computer room, you’ll 

remember all the trips and experiences 

that you’ve enjoyed, so put the excuses 

aside and enjoy what’s on offer in 

term 4. 

Term 3 was very successful for the 

club, our membership continued to 

rise largely thanks to the foreign students 

and our membership is now sitting 

at around 500. Traditionally some 

of the bigger CUTC events are held in 

the third term and this year was no different. 

The bush ball went without a 

hitch, although there were a few stories 

to come out of the weekend (see 

the bushball report for more details). 

Along with some of the social events 

the snow craft courses went out as 

CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB 

well. We had huge numbers on both 

trips with the first trip getting the pick 

of the weather, so a large thanks has 

to go to Neil and everyone else who 

helped put the trips together. 

As per usual Kurt and myself have 

(or will have) a variety of interesting 

meetings planned throughout the term. 

Hopefully everyone’s enjoyed what we 

have planned throughout the year and 

if you wish to make a contribution we 

are more than ready to listen. Well 

talking about a contribution, we will be 

filling the positions for next year’s committee 

at the AGM, so if you are keen 

for any of the positions just approach 

any of the current members and they 

will be more than happy to help. Kurt 

and I will be leaving the club at the end 

of the year, but we have definitely enjoyed 

our role as social officers (2003) 

and captains this year. Being a part of 

the largest outdoor club at uni is definitely 

a great experience so if you are 

keen make sure you make your intentions 

known. 

This term we will have all the usual 

tramps planned in the weekends along 

with a few social events for those that 

have claimed the titles of social trampers 

(myself included). The D-cup soccer 

match will hopefully be contested 

again, so watch this space and we look 

forward to seeing you at the first meeting 

of the term. 

Your Captains, Paul & Kurt

Please help us help you! TROG stands for TRips 

lOG and is the official CUTC yearbook. It will be 

full of photos, trip reports, poems, semi-amusing 

articles, as well as gossip, rumours and juvenile 

toilet humour. The project is however too big 

for even the unutterably dirty minds of Symon and 

Vince, and so we NEED YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS! The 

cost of TROG is covered by YOUR membership fees, 

so make sure you get your money’s worth! 

We are willing to bribe you with one 250gm block 

of chocolate for every contribution, as well as giving 

you the chance to get your name in print and present 

your side of the story. Any contributions can be given to 

either of us on Wednesday night meetings or emailed to 

trog@cutc.org.nz. 

Below is an arbitrary scale for trips. The times 

shown below are only a rough guide but hopefully 

should be indicative of the effort. Day trip times may 

be slightly longer due to lighter loads. 

If you are not sure about the grade of a trip, talk 

to the trips officer, or the trip leader, or try out a 

easy or easyish. Then reassess your ability and fitness. 

The best training for tramping is tramping. 

Easy: (2 hours walking) 

Highly recommended for those who haven’t been 

tramping much. No tramping experience required, 

fitness not essential. Typically includes straight forward 

tracks, no bush bashing, relaxed schedule, 

low passes, lots of scroggin stops. Chance to learn 

tramping skills rather than use all of them. 

Easyish: (4 hours walking) 

Halfway between an ‘Easy’ and ‘Medium.’ 

“TRIP GRADINGS?” JOE SNORTED 

THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TRIP. 

“WHAT A WASTE OF TIME.” 

TRIP GRADINGS 

TRIP RATINGS DO NOT TAKE INTO 

ACCOUNT ENCOUNTERS WITH 

SUPERNATURAL ENEMIES. 

Medium: (6-8 hours walking) 

A lot of the classic tramping trips are medium. 

Typically involves easy alpine passes or full days 

tramping along a known track or route. May involve 

some off-track travel, snow (in winter), river crossing, 

routefinding, etc. 

Medium-Hard: (8-10 hours walking) 

Tramping experience needed. Often similar terrain 

to ‘Hard’, but with a more relaxed pace. Reasonable 

fitness required. 

Hard: (10+ hours walking) 

Must be experienced, tramping fit and have appropriate 

gear and skills. Likely to include bush-bashing, 

tops travel, routefinding, river-crossing, long 

days, night travel, snow / ice / glaciers, grovelling, 

and awe inspiring scenery (phew!). The difficulty of 

a trip may change dramatically with weather conditions. 

Always be prepared with the correct gear, 

rain gear, lots of warm clothes and spare food. 

TERM 4, 2004 

5

TRIPS AND 

MEETINGS 

term4: warmer, busier 

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WEDNESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER - MEETING 1 

This meeting we will take an interesting 

little stroll (weather permitting) up 

to the Port Hills. Climbing the sugarloaf 

transmitter is optional. 

SAT 11/SUN 12 SEPTEMBER: 

Day trips 

Mt Winterslow 

Grade: Moderate (1 day) 

Primo views down to Mt Cook, tussock 

high country, probably some snow. 

Arthur’s Pass Short Walks 

Grade: Easy (1 day) 

Mountain views without mountain 

climbing. There are plenty of short 

walks around the Park to keep you 

busy. 

Mt Philistine 

Grade: Hard (1 day) 

A peak on the western side of Arthur’s 

Pass. Satisfying but requires confidence 

and a head for heights. Snow 

Skills required and very condition dependent. 

Overnighters 

Lake Mason 

Grade: Easy (2 days) 

A meandering path over farm land for 

that authentic Hurunui experience. Opportunity 

to make a loop. 


Photo Competition. Bring along your 


best/rudest photos and be in to win a 

share of the many prizes up for grabs. 

SAT 18/SUN 19 SEPTEMBER 

Day trips 

Mt Torlese 

Grade: Moderate-Hard (1 day) 

A classic climb. On a clear day you can 

see the people studying in the central 

library. Snow Skills required. 

Camp Saddle, Lyndon Saddle 

Grade: Easy (1 Day) 

An easy day walk along the tracks 

around Helicopter Hill. Bring your own 

helicopter. 

Overnighters 

Goat Pass 


Want to enjoy the scenery and spend a 

night out of town? Then a night in Goat 

pass hut is just the thing. What??? The 

newsletter editors take no responsibility 

for this crappy description. 


At the half-AGM we will hold brief elections 

for the committee positions responsible 

for the day-to-day running of 

the club. If you or someone you know 

has a good level of enthusiasm for 

tramping and want to make a difference 

for the over 400 members of the 

club, come along and be nominated for 

one of the positions. 

SAT 25/SUN 26 SEPTEMBER

Day trips 

Guided Nature Tour 

Dr Colin Meurk will take you on a journey 

around native forests in Christchurch. 

A rare opportunity to have an expert 

guided tour of the local flora. See 

page 19 under “September 26th” for 

more details. 

Mother Millers Spring 


A high spring in the South Canterbury 

mountains overlooking the Rakaika and 

Matthias valleys. 

Hawdon Hut 

Grade: Easy (2 day) 

An easy river walk to a nice big hut and 

the potential to do additional short loop 

walks from there. 

Overnighters 

Casey Binser 


Nice mixture of forest, rivers, hills and 

plains. Good hut facilities. Very popular 

trip. 

Mt Fyffe 

Grade: Easy-Moderate (2 day) 

An steep but easy peak with nice hut 

in the Seaward Kaikoura range. Great 

with a spring sunrise. Also mountainbikeable. 


A guest speaker, hopefully with something 

to do with the environment 

SAT 2/SUN 3 OCTOBER 

Day trips 

Broken Hill 

Grade: Easy-Moderate (1 day) 

A hill climb in the middle of the Cass 

basin. Interesting terrain and a great 

vantage point on the right day. 

Goat Pass 


Fancy yourself a bit of an athlete? 

Try the mountain run of the Coast to 

Coast. 

Overnighters 

Avoca Coal Mine 


An historical trip to see winches, wheels, 

and wagons of the old mine above the 

Waimakariri Gorge. Muddy. 

WEDNESDAY 6TH OCTOBER - MEETING 5 

Hopefully we will be contesting the D- 

Cup soccer match, more info closer to 

the date. 

SAT 9/SUN 10 OCTOBER: 

Day trips 

Lewis Pass tops 

Grade: Easyish (1 day) 

A chance to build up confidence on 

snow. Climb the gentle tops to the 

south of Lewis Pass to practice what 

you’ve learnt. 

Overnighters 

Waimakariri Col 


Classic crossing of the Main Divide under 

the watchful eye of Mt Rolleston. 

Snow Skills required. 

WEDNESDAY 13TH OCTOBER - MEETING 6 

The annual Red Carpet CUTC awards, 

so nominate yourself or your friends 

for any award, categories will be released 

later but feel free to make up 

your own. 

GOOD LUCK AND GOOD WEATHER FOR 

ALL YOUR SUMMER TRAMPS! 

TERM 4, 2004 

7

BUSHBALL 

REPORT 

once upon a Fairy Tale 

8 

Twas the night before Bushball and up at Awakino ski-hut, 

it was cold and quiet but food was prepared and decorations up. 

The social officers had worked hard to create the scene, 

for a night filled with fun and ‘magic’ tricks, you’d know if you’d been. 

Do you see the hut’s rainbow and pot of gold way up high 

Under the balcony from which you see a castle on clouds in the sky, 

Come closer, walk the red carpet, and see Alice’s white rabbit inviting you 

To follow him to wonderland, and if that doesn’t excite you… 

Decorations like balloons, stickers, sparkles, flowers and toys, 

Rapunzel and a money tree -chocolate coins for girls and boys. 

Tables set for a feast -butterflies, glitter and bubble-blowers, 

“BUT WHERE IS THE FOOD AND ALCOHOL?!” demanded party-goers. 

There was wee willie winkie, witches, wizards, and frogs, 

even Dorothy, the tinman, and the lion from Wizard of Oz! 

Shrek, genies, fairies, the Hulk and the big bad wolf ‘Uh-Oh’, 

edible gingerbread house and beanstalk costumes, and even Pinocchio. 


LAYLA 

DOWTHWAITE

TO ADD TO THE OLD-FASHIONED 

ATMOSPHERE, THE WOMEN WERE MADE TO 

DO ALL THE HOUSEWORK 

STAND ASIDE ALL YE PEASANTS! MAKE WAY 

FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 

LIONS & TIN MEN & GIRLIES, OH MY! 

THEM KIDS IS SO LOUD, I NEEDS ME A 

WHOLE BOTTLE TO GET ME TO SLEEP! 

TERM 4, 2004 

9

BUSHBALL IS ALWAYS A POPULAR 

EVENT FOR A-LIST CELEBRITIES 

LIKE SHREK AND DONKEY 

AN EXCELLENT COSTUME SHOW- 

ING GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL. 

THE WRISTWATCH ROUNDS IT OFF 

NICELY 

“NOT ALLOWED IN?? COSTUME NOT 

GOOD ENOUGH??? BUT I’M THE CUTC 

PRESIDENT! OH BUGGER, WHAT A 

WASTE OF SUPAGLUE!“ 

THE FANCY DECORATIONS AND DE- 

LECTABLE 10 CUISINE COULD EXPLAIN 

CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB “RED BULL? NO, I MADE THEM MYSELF” 

THE BUDGET BLOWOUT

Entrées were vegetable soup, and fairy bread of course, 

Then came chilli-bean pasta, d’EVIL’d sausages, macaroni and cheese sauce. 

Winkie’s dancing on the table was not from consuming magical food, 

But from the beer, wine and punch that put us all in a good mood! 

Next were coloured puddings with heaps of 

lollies and fruit crumble, 

Being full of food meant alcohol didn’t make 

anyone stumble. 

Except maybe Frances, who won the toilet 

seat award later on, 

And perhaps the group of drunk trampers, 

who, on a mission up the hill, had gone. 

We danced to music and twinkly fairy lights for the whole night, 

Until the main power source went off, and with a little bit of light… 

Pizzas were heated on the coal range and splattered, 

All over the place, found in the morning when cleaning mattered. 

ralph 

A big thanks to the dishwashers, cleaners and helpers we needed without a doubt, 

and well done to the social officers (it was worth the budget being a little bit out!) 

And of course to the guests –the fun couldn’t have happened without you, 

the result was what some said was the best Bushball they’d ever been to! 

TERM 4, 2004 

11

SNOWCRAFT 

REPORT 

because it’s there VINCE 

MCLEOD 

Dateline: 1800 hrs, 5 AUG 2004. 

It had been raining violently in 

Christchurch for three solid days. Three 

months worth of rain. Great conditions 

for being somewhere else. Fortunately 

for us, we had assembled in the UCSA 

carpark with a view to no longer being 

in The City. 

After a little bit of confusion regarding 

driving arrargements, we finally got 

out of Chch, on the way to Cass (phonetically 

the same as the Swedish word 

kass - “crap”). 

The lodge was quite large, and an 

impressively high roof made it quite 

cold. Nevertheless, I was impressed to 

see the university maintaining a quality 

research facility up there. 

We sat around and prepared our 

beddings. Fearsome rumours circulated 

around what time we’d have to get 

up the next morning. 

Some of the more gullible 

of our comrades 

believed it would be 

the “alpine start” 

time of 0430. Having 

heard this joke before, 

I laughed heartily 

to myself. 

Anthony chose this moment to remember 

his boots in his car. Unfortunately, 

his car was in Chch. In an exemplary 

display of Kiwi ingenuity he 

12 CANTERBURY UNIVERSITY TRAMPING CLUB 

NEIL (INSTRUCTING ON 

CRAMPON USE): “JUST 

WALK LIKE YOU HAVE A 

GIANT PENIS” PATRICK: 

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN, 

LIKE?” 

and several others managed to each 

take a pair of boots that were too small 

for them, which worked fine since the 

person at the bottom of this pyramid 

scheme was staying at the lodge on 

Saturday. 

Veronica also realised 

that her snowpants had 

been left at our flat (my 

fault). Fortunately Neil 

saved the day with a spare 

pair. 

That night I had a horrible 

nightmare that some 

goon named Neil tried to 

wake me up at some awful 

hour of the morning. To my 

dismay it turned out to be 

real. I lurched out of bed “ARE WE THERE YE 

into the cold air, and had a 

huge breakfast, necessary for combating 

the climb up to Temple Basin and 

the icy, body heat-sapping wind that 

awaited us. 

The climb up offered 

an otherwordly view 

of the valley below 

(see picture on page 

14). Once up there, 

we trekked across the 

mountain face, between 

the runs of the 

main skiers and the landing space of 

some others. I felt like we were a bit 

of a nuisance there, but since there 

were a lot of us armed with iceaxes

T?” 

there wasn’t much anyone else could 

do about it (har har). Learning to kick 

footholds in ice was made difficult by 

the three feet of powdery snow that 

had fallen. I discovered that weighing 

95kg wasn’t ideal, as the people going 

before me didn’t pack the snow thick 

enough to hold me (selfish buggers, 

why couldn’t they carry bricks in their 

pack or something?). 

We managed to construct a fairly 

useful slide to practice self-arresting. 

Unfortunately for me my heavier 

weight always carried me further to the 

bottom so I was continually forced to 

slog through 1m or so of 

snow to get back up to the 

staircase we had created. 

The funniest incident 

was when some teenager 

named George skied off a 

two meter cliff, soaring as 

gracefully as a dead eagle, 

before coming to rest 

in the snow beside us in a 

position much like a large, 

helpless banana. The more 

charitable members of the 

club scurried to his aid, 

while the rest of us laughed with merciless 

abandon. 

Having learned all the snowcraft 

our frozen brains could accommodate, 

we prepared to trudge back down the 

mountain. Neil spent 15 minutes trying 

to solve the reverse Gordian knot that 

was Veronica’s crampons. We were 

treated to the sight of a few small avalanches 

on the way down, which made 

me realize how stuffed you’d be in a 

big avalanche full of rocks. 

That night we had a surprisingly fantastic 

dinner of lasagna, sweet potatoes 

and sausages, before settling down to 

various evening activities. Arthur and I 

had glorious luck at Canasta (not playing 

for money, unfortunately). 

We then heard a lecture from Neil, 

where we learned about the several 

dozen deathtraps that litter the mountains, 

waiting sinisterly for unsuspecting 

trampers. 

After a fair bit of discussion about 

what to do tomorrow I signed up with 

the Avalanche Peak group – the one 

with the highest probability of encountering 

aforementioned deathtraps. The 

word from on high was that it was “Virtually 

certain” that we wouldn’t reach 

the top, due to the savage weather 

that was coming. We decided to go for 

it anyway. 

The next morning brought miserable 

PROBABLY NOT MUCH COLDER 

THAN NORMAL CHRISTCHURCH 

FLATS 

TERM 4, 2004 

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weather, which after 

careful consideration 

we decided to charge 

into. The weather 

was as fickle as anything 

in Christchurch, 

changing from cold to 

warm and then, having 

waited for us to 

take off our clothes, 

changing quickly 

back to cold. Teeth 

clenched, we progressed 

up the mountain. 

Under our feet 

dirt turned to mud, 

mud turned to snow, 

and snow turned to 

ice. 

As we came out of the forest the fabric 

of space and time tore open and a 

wind straight from a frozen valley in 

Antarctica assailed us, bringing with it 

frozen bits of snow and ice, and taking 

with it most of my face. Somehow 

we survived it and made it to a steep 

ridge, the deep snow producing a fantasyland 

appearance to someone like 

VIEW DOWN THE MOUNTAIN FROM TEMPLE BASIN 


“KEEP SEARCHING EVERYONE. WE’RE NOT LEAVING TILL 

WE FIND A SNOWFLAKE THAT LOOKS LIKE MIKE HAYWARD” 

me who had never been in such an environment 

before. 

As there were steep cliffs encrusted 

in jagged rocks on one side of us I became 

very afraid that a sudden gust of 

wind would catch my 6’7” frame and 

unbalance me. Perhaps the 5 kgs or so 

of ice and snow that had accumulated 

on my clothes and body served as an 

anchor. 

In any case, we managed 

to avoid any Touching the 

Void style situation and got 

to the top unharmed! (see 

victory pics). 

The return leg was what a 

day in the snow is all about. 

We managed to resist the 

temptation to frolic in the 

snow while we were up in the 

steeper ridgey bits, but once 

we got to a plateau it was all 

on. A long period of sunshine 

and warmth was our cue for 

a mass snowball fight. Some 

of the stranger members of 

the group started a compe-

tition to see 

how far they 

could bury 

themselves 

under the 

snow with 

a single, 

ungraceful 

dive. 

D e s p i t e 

throwing 40 

or so snowballs, 

I failed 

to hit anybody 

that I 

was actually 

aiming 

for. Still, it 

was a lot 

of fun. The 

climb back down to the road was a little 

arduous for our tired bodies, but we 

made it. 

“I’M OK, BUT I’M NOT SURE ABOUT THE GUY 

WHO WAS GIVING ME A SHOULDER RIDE.” 

KINGS (AND QUEENS) OF THE MOUNTAIN 

After a 

stop at the 

Bealey Hotel 

(where 

I fell asleep 

thanks to 

a combination 

of utterexhaustion 

and 

Monteith’s 

Black) we 

took off 

home to 

the City. 

P o s t - 

s c r i p t : 

The CUTC 

Snowcraft 

c o u r s e 

proved itself to be extremely useful in 

getting around Christchurch’s inner city 

on 15 AUG 2004. 

TERM 4, 2004 

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KEEPING IN 

TOUCH 

the CUTC holiday email chatlist 

It’s a familiar situation. You’ve spent 

the whole glorious year as an active 

CUTC member, participating in trips 

and parties while neglecting your studies 

(till the week before exams) but 

now you’re leaving Christchurch for the 

summer holidays. How do you keep 

in touch with everyone while you’re 

away? Simple! Use the CUTC chat list. 

Here you can organise trips in any part 

of the country and exchange tramping 

related information. Whatever you 

send to the chatlist gets sent to everyone 

on the list. If you haven’t already 

subscribed (it actually runs throughout 

the year) then check out www.cutc. 

org.nz/lists/index.html for info. Note 

that the chat list is different from the 

weekly info emails that all members get 

on Tuesdays. You MUST SUBSCRIBE 

to the chat list to participate. Once 

you’ve subscribed, sit back and watch 

the emails flood in. 

Here is a typical chatlist email: 

Yo everyone 

man, doesn’t holiday working 

suck?? i’m currently 

stuck here in milford as 

chief submarine commander 

but will have 2 weeks off 

starting dec 30th and am 

really keen to get outdoors 

to do some tramping The 

plan is to surface, drive 

to Te Anau, walk the Kepler, 

then head over to 


queenstown for the new 

years party on the waterfront. 

if anyones going to 

be in the area and wants to 

join me and is tall blonde 

single and can swing a sack 

of doorknobs then call me 

021 BIGDUDE. 

cheers 

bd 

To which a typical reply might be: 

Hi there Big Dude 

Oh yes, I’d love to join 

your trip. It sounds so 

awesome. I come from Sweden 

and aren’t too sure 

with swinging whole doorknobs 

sack all by myself 

but reading the rest of your 

description I think we’d 

get on very nice. I also 

have twin sister Klara and 

we do everything together. 

She are interested in coming 

too if that is OK… It 

will be so nice to have a 

Kiwi man look after us both 

in bush. Will call you… 

Sven 

At this point we should remind you 

that all chat list messages are archived 

for permanent storage.

TROG WRITING FOR DUMMIES 

- Telling the story in chronological order is standard practice but is not necessary. 

- Think of the readers as the spectators in the Ancient Roman Colisseum. 

They want blood, pain, and suffering. 

- The most entertaining part of the trip for readers is what went spectacularly 

wrong. What vital piece of navigational equipment was stepped on/ left at 

home/ dropped off the bluff? What vital body part was stepped on/ left at 

home/ dropped off the bluff? 

- Please include lots of pictures. This is a good way of making up for being too 

lazy to write much. 

- Referring to yourself as “The Scribe” is accepted practice. 

- There is no upper or lower word limit. If you want to summarize your 19 day 

Tasman Wilderness expedition with a single haiku that’s cool. Submitting an 

80,000 word novel titled “Fear and Loathing in Tuatapere” is also cool, but 

expect some editing. 

Symon and Vince, The Lords of Trog. 

TERM 4, 2004 

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THE GREEN 

PAGES 

recycle after reading 

A lot of CUTC members might not be 

aware of the fact that our club has environmental 

officers. We are two nature 

enthusiasts who try to stay updated 

with what is happening around Canterbury 

regarding environmental work. 

What’s up with DoC? 

As environmental officers about two 

months ago we toddled along to the 

Victoria Street DoC office and joined 

approximately thirty other “greenies”. 

We would like to just pass on some 

information about the Department of 

Conservation (DoC). 

The meeting covered a range of topics 

including area updates from Mt Cook, 

Geraldine, Hanmer, Twizel and Raukapuka. 

The updates described maintenance 

and repairs to huts. Every two 

years the sixty-five huts in these areas 

are inspected, the life span and capital 

value is determined along with lists 

of what to upgrade in order to reach 

Department standards. It’s a huge deal 

to the Department, and much of their 

government funding is spent on the 

continual upgrading of the huts as well 

as the tracks that lead to them. 

Just to give you an example of that 

the hut fees honest trampers are paying 

doesn’t just go to nibbles on the 

DoC meetings. All mattresses in every 

DoC hut should be replaced by ones 

which are fire proof. This cost over 100 

dollars per mattress. There are lots of 

huts out there! This made us realise 


BONNIE 

SCHAAB 

VERONICA 

ULFVES 

how important it is for everyone to pay 

hut fees. It is fascinating to see how 

many old and younger folks who dedicate 

so much time and energy in ensuring 

that the huts, toilets and tracks are 

safe and up to department standards. 

As many of you know, DoC carries 

out loads of other jobs as well, for example, 

caring of endangered species, 

trapping threatening pests, looking 

after historic buildings and sites, restoring 

ecosystems, work within the 

community, education about the environment, 

influencing politicians and so 

much more. So by paying your hut fees 

and even doing some DoC volunteering 

you’re helping them, yourself and the 

environment. 

DoC has requested opinions and suggestions 

about a Mountain Biking pamphlet. 

This will document local biking 

tracks for all levels of skill and out of 

bounds areas!! If you have any information, 

or would like to contribute, you 

can contact Bonnie at schabb@lincoln. 

ac.nz, or the DoC office on (03) 3710706 

or pop in and see them at 133 Victoria 

Street, Chch. 

A boost for your knowledge 

There are heaps of people who love 

tramping, love nature and are curious 

of what’s around you in the wopwops. 

There are still not a lot of you who actually 

know what kind of species you 

are looking at while you are strolling 

in the forest. This is the reason why

we are organizing a guided tour with 

Dr. Colin Meurk, a landscape ecologist 

from Landcare Research!! 

Colin is a biologist with particular interest 

in characterising the cultural (rural 

and urban) landscapes in New Zealand 

- a much neglected field of 

natural history here - and raising 

awareness about the poor condition 

of our lowland indigenous 

habitats, promoting their protection 

and restoration. 

September 26th 

Walk with Dr Colin Meurk 

around the hidden native treasures 

of Christchurch. We will meet 

at the UCSA carpark at 0900 and 

first visit the ancient kahikatea 

swamp forest of Riccarton Bush. 

Then we’ll head towards Travis 

Wetland to see various stages of 

regeneration and restoration of 

wetlands and young swamp forest. 

New Brighton is next where 

we will see some restored coastal 

bush, and returning via the edge 

of the estuary (salt marsh), restored 

riparian forest on the mid 

Heathcote River. Finally we’ll discover 

the Wigram Retention Basin (a major 

wetland and riparian habitats created 

partly to reduce flooding and pollution 

of the upper Heathcote River). We will 

return to the university by 3pm at latest. 

Please bring lunch, rain jacket and 

sturdy footwear. 

This is a unique opportunity for you to 

learn more about native plants in New 

Zealand from an expert and a chance 

to see new corners of Christchurch! 

You can sign up for this day trip on 

the CUTC meeting or email Veronica: 

veronicaulfves@yahoo.com. There will 

be a limited number of people who can 

come, so first in first served… 

For people keen to get your fingers 

dirty and help out with restoration 

in Canterbury… 

Otamahua/Quail Island Restoration 

Trust. The Quail Island Restoration 

THE RESULTS OF THE SAVE THE WHALES CAMPAIGN. 

NOTE THE WHALE BETWEEN THE TWO ISLANDS IN 

THE CENTER-LEFT OF THE IMAGE. 

trust aims to restore Quail species on 

the island through planting appropriate 

native trees and shrubs and repopulating 

bird, insect and reptile life, 

as well as preserving historic sites and 

recreational use. Through the efforts 

of volunteers the Trust has been able 

to undertake the activities required to 

achieve this goal, such as regular tree 

planting days and weed control. The 

tree planting group goes to the island 

in weekends leaving from Littleton Harbour 

at 9:30am returning at 3:30pm. 

Just turn up and catch the ferry or contact 

Alison Ross on (03) 328 8350 or 

at: venice@xtra.co.nz. 

Bonnie and Veronica 

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MEMBERSHIP 

LIST 

don’t call us, we’ll call you... 

Editor’s note: numbers listed as x followed by 4 

or 5 numbers are preceded by 341 1500. 

Aaron Mensh x52015 

Aaron Prince 

Adam Tetzlaff 359 6660 

Adriane Kalff 341 2024 

Alan Williams 352 7578 

Alastair Wall 377 3780 

Alf Kristian Lund 341 8479 

Alice Delore 341 1500 x54758 

Alison Steel 341 1500 x53135 

Alison Botha 352 3171 

Alison Young 960 3808 

Allison Marshall 341 1500 x52157 

Amanda Starling 341 1500 x52246 

Amber Sinton 3371107 

Amelia Moody 03 344 2267 

Amol Malla 342 1270 

Amy McEwon 

Amy Cruickshank 332 0156 

Amy Richards 341 3319 

Amy Carson 348 4640 

Andre Litchtenecker 

Andrea Reichstein 960 1514 

Andrea Lauzat x52266 

Andreas Baumgaertuer 348 7749 

Andreas Hoejbjerre 

Andrew Lear 

Andrew Margales x51123 

Andrew Davey 355 9833 

Andrew Freeman 341 1500 x52103 

Andrew Perzigian 376 6400 

Andrew Lemieux 341 1500 x52319 

Andy Robinson 

Andy Hamm 383 6588 

Ane Elgesem 341 1500 x52234 

Angelika Merkel 365 3993 

Anna Lif 

Anna Mayrhuber 352 0124 

Anna Mackenzie 342 5129 

Anna Pilbrow 358 9460 

Anthony Goile 348 7417 

Anton van Essen 343 2214 

Arthur McGregor 338 4859 

Ashley D Lange x52212 

Astrid Kutznel x52019 

Audrey Waples 341 1500 x52205 

Axel Norman 

Ayaka Yoshikawa 325 2041 

Be Hira Jacoby 389 1704 

Ben Low 3435335 

Benjamin Ramsay 351 4239 

Bernadette Burrell 360 2449 

Blake Cunningham 341 1500 x52160 

Bonnie Schaab 352 8616 

Bradley Davis x54816 

Brett Van der Molen 341 1500 x54784 

Brett Halkett 980 8437 

Brian Stephens 348 6659 

Brianna Mittleider 341 1500 x54428 

Bridget Edwards 341 6787 

Brie Lawrence 341 1500 x54708 

Brittany Thompson 341 1500 x53355 

Bryce May 351 1834 

Camille Monjaret 

Carl Barlev 343 2902 


Caroline Kristner 341 1500 x52139 

Carolyn Turnley 341 1500 x54708 

Casey Fromson 341 1500 x52216 

Cassie Guignion x52247 

Catherine Tisch 348 8535 

Catherine Woulfe 343 4145 

Cecil Howell x54422 

Celine Hachet 

Chandra Denherder 341 1500 x52117 

Charles Jackson 351 7418 

Charlie Moore 942 2781 

Chen Chu-ru 359 6492 

Christin Schultz 331 7252 

Christine Frampton 341 1500 x51335 

Christopher Pasterz 960 7419 

Christopher Lloyd 341 1500 x53247 

Christopher Collins 358 3420 

Christopher Murray 

Christopher Martin x52103 

Claudia Nelles 341 1102 

Courtney Greisman 341 1500 x52244 

Courtney Ehlers 341 1500 x52174 

Craig Letts x53121 

Craig Hill 341 1500 x52200 

Craig Marshall 342 3990 

Craig Holm 351 7530 

Cris Lovell-Smith 3385027 

Cullin Spellings 341 1500 x51784 

Dagmar Rall x52128 

Daniel Richards 332 0607 

Daniel Chong 343 3827 

Danielle Niland 341 1500 x53348 

Darryn Welham 960 3808 

Dave Phillips 384 0044 

Dave Taylor 

David Pearson 351 1401 

David Covington 341 1500 x52229 

David Turner 341 1500 x52294 

David Bones 366 8908 

David Round 329 4605 

David Aubrey 356 2881 

David Lyons x50103 

Dawn Wing 341 1500 x52095 

Deborah Horan 381 7545 

Debra Wotton 551 1122 

Dominic Amos 358 8274 

Don Gorrie 341 7557 

Doug Bull 980 7306 

Doug Swift 

Duncan Wilson 377 3366 

Dustin Grinnell x57718 

Edward Pilbrow 3589460 

Edward Evans 980 6267 

Elisabeth de Zwart 341 1500 x54746 

Elissa O’Brien x52272 

Elizabeth Stephenson 341 1500 x52053 

Elizabeth Davidson 356 3043 

Elke Ewert x52168 

Ella Garnham 3481911 

Elmar Bauer x52255 

Emily Duder 960 4659 

Emily Traverse 341 7992 

Emily Derouin 351 1400 x52145 

Emily Collins 

Emily Smith 343 5335 

Emma Kallqvist 385 9353 

Emma Patrick 341 1375 

Eric Barlow 341 1500 x53333 

Erica Leigh Nelson x52053 

Erin Emery x52233 

Erwin Berthier 3433771 

Evan Timrud x54586 

Fiona Spence 343 5279 

Florian L’Hostis 355 5719 

Florian Graichen 356 2968 

Florian Bacher 

Florian Jackschath 341 2024 

Frances Bodger 341 6787 

Frans Van der Linden x52187 

Fraser Smith 342 3990 

Galen Parke x52254 

Gareth West 332 5052 

Gene Stewart 365 8198 

Genevieve Luken x52247 

Geoff Rijlaarsdam 348 8419 

Gerry Craig 

Glen Stevens 3517530 

Glenn Brittain 342 4674 

Greer Gilmer 343 1503 

Greg Kingston 341 1500 x52178 

Hamish McKinnon 341 1500 x52230 

Hannes Diener 

Haojie Shen 3546448 

Heidi Rieger 341 1500 x54737 

Helen Lagerstedt 348 4640 

Helen Bones 351 4612 

Henry Dillon 980 5913 

Hilary Salmon 386 1213 

Hilary Weller 354 2335 

Holger Maier 341 1500 x52039 

Ian Sharkey x54708 

Ilka Ludwig 357 4483 

Jacob Johnson x52019 

Jacqueline Fairbrass 323 7788 

James Maunder 341 1500 x53359 

James Weller 348 2950 

James Schollum 343 1503 

James Scarfe 348 7578 

Jana Vieth 980 6267 

Jane Meek 341 1500 x52221 

Janik Michaud 389 0705 

Jasmine Cashbaugh 341 1500 x54778 

Jay Mauchan 386 1748 

Jeffery Larson 357 2295 

Jenie Iles 341 1500 x53107 

Jenni Visger 3411500 x52260 

Jenny Henshaw 

Jeremy Moore 332 1488 

Jeremy Thin 981 8350 

Jeremy Waldin 341 1500 x50514 

Jessi Wasson x52305 

Jessica Tisch 3417375 

Jessica Brosius 341 1500 x52280 

Jessica Chen 341 1500 x54659 

Jessica Armour 338 7514 

Jill Tarkleson 343 5686 

Jing He 341 1500 x52228 

Jo Schaab 343 2902 

Joan Laurence 

Joe Jagusch 341 6787 

Joel Bruns x52238 

Joey Machala 341 1500 x52074 

John van Rij 942 3249 

John Summers 332 6800

COMMITTEE 2004 

Presidents Mike Hayward 360 3736 president@cutc.org.nz 

Carl Barlev 343 2902 

Club Captains Kurt Janssen 960 3808 captain@cutc.org.nz 

Paul Cannin 351 1933 

Treasurers Craig Marshall 942 3990 treasurer@cutc.org.nz 

Bridget Edwards 341 6787 

Secretary Alastair Wall 377 3780 secretary@cutc.org.nz 

Membership Sylvia Maclaren 351 4612 membership@cutc.org.nz 

Publicity Ben Low 343 5335 publicity@cutc.org.nz 

Trips Officers Fran Bodger 341 6787 trips@cutc.org.nz 

Florian L’Hostis 355 5719 

Safety Officer Darryn Welham 960 3808 safety@cutc.org.nz 

Instruction Officer Neil Charters 366 8908 instruction@cutc.org.nz 

Newsletter Editors Edward Pilbrow 358 9460 newsletter@cutc.org.nz 

Vince McLeod 365 9552 

Environmental Veronica Ulfves 365 9552 environmental@cutc.org.nz 

Gear Officers James Scarfe 348 7875 gear@cutc.org.nz 

Matt Cain 343 5960 

Social Officers Mark Konijn 980 5913 social@cutc.org.nz 

Steven McCallion 351 4483 

Layla Dowthwaite 343 3983 

TROG Editors Symon Holmes 366 1393 trog@cutc.org.nz 

Vince McLeod 365 9552 

TWALK Contact Darryn Welham 960 3808 twalk@cutc.org.nz 

AFTER YOU’VE KICKED THE BEARS OUT, A 

CAVE CAN PROVIDE EXCELLENT SHELTER 

FOR THOSE ON A STUDENT BUDGET 

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John Wilkinson 

John Foulkes 341 1500 x51227 

John Soutar 358 9670 

John Bigelow x54761 

Jonathan Battson 

Jonathan Hill 341 1102 

Jose Flores Ruiz 341 1184 

Josh Reiher 341 1500 x52055 

Josh Morris 3517530 

Josh Tyler 326 3353 

Josh Kinsel x52315 

Joshua Hudson 3650249 

Joy Chrisholm 351 2828 

Julia Stanley 3484640 

Julia van Luijk 351 4612 

Julian Maclaren (03) 3133753 

Juliane Wilcke 341 1102 

Justin Latchford (03) 312 7553 

Kalyn Records x52200 

Karen McMurdo 386 0271 

Karen Romanye 

Karin Hoglund 

Karl Bjoerneraas 341 8479 

Karla Smith x50054 

Karl-Johan Skoglund x52325 

Kat Martin 

Kate McGuinness 343 1500 

Katherine Pinon 

Kathryn Wyle 

Katie Marshall 377 1990 

Katie Mellinger x52018 

Katie Gray 348 1893 

Katja Beha 341 1500 x52009 

Katsa Marie Taute 341 2181 

Keith Agmen 343 6913 

Kelly Anderson 332 0156 

Kendal Varnam 384 7330 

Kendra Kern 356 0251 

Kerri Mullen x52174 

Kevin Donahoe x54429 

Kevin Felder x53135 

Kieron Bryant 3289592 

Kim King 366 0761 

Kimtsa Fraser 351 1709 

Kirsten Naito 341 1500 x54447 

Kirsty Greenwood 355 9833 

Kristie Brachmann 341 1500 x51309 

Kurt Janssen 960 3808 

Kylie Ann Legg 341 1102 

Laura Young 429 9071 

Lauren Brunt 3289592 

Lauren Bray 348 3533 

Laurence Brown 942 3338 

Layla Dowthwaite 343 3983 

Leann Grabski 341 1500 x51230 

Leif (Bo) Wycoff 326 3353 

Leslie Munchel 356 0251 

Leslie Semler 348 1893 

Lianne Williams x52234 

Lieske van Santen 343 5335 

Lihong Hua 364 2987 x7217 

Lindsey Gerdet 3411500 x52018 

Lisa Weidenfeld x52209 

Logan Thomson 

Louise Bleakley 379 9867 

Luc Toussaint 343 1381 

Lucy Gordon 385 6904 

Luella Varnam 384 7330 

Luke Ogilvy 349 3614 

Luke Humprey x52136 

Luke Falkner 343 3604 

Malte Coulmann 341 1500 x57316 

Mandy Poon 341 1500 x52025 

Marcel Lancelle 355 5234 

Mareta Robo x52236 

Maria Hedenquist 341 1500 x52168 

Maria Alexandersson 348 1900 

Marie Le Lievre 348 4130 

Marissa Berenson x52243 

Mark Hebberd 3511153 

Mark Dowle 341 5401 

Mark Hooker 366 8908 

Mark Konijn 9805913 

Martha Buckwalter x52157 

Martin Bohlin 

Martin Luoni 

Martin Eimer 341 2024 

Martin Reindl x52183 

Matt Carson 348 5044 

Matt Cain 343 5960 


Matt Keir 351 1834 

Matt Burney x52100 

Matthew Price 3499774 

Matthew Cunningham 341 7992 

Matthew Baker 358 5404 

Matthew Gibbons 341 1005 

Megan Killian 351 7358 

Melanie Lindsay 343 4233 

Mete Caleman 348 9656 

Michael Marshall (03) 312 6717 

Michael Busby 

Michael Rae 

Michael Washington 

Michael Nuth 385 1639 

Michael Kaiser 341 1500 x54454 

Michael Gisi 341 1500 x52297 

Michael Ballantyne 348 5779 

Michal Lahav 

Mike Hayward 3603736 

Mike Dunds 3322902 

Mike Dalzell 341 1500 x51128 

Mike Lee 342 1427 

Naila Maier-Knapp 

Naomi Ansbergs 341 1500 x54421 

Natacha Issler 341 8618 

Nate Block 326 3353 

Nathaniel Clark 341 1500 x53266 

Neil Hudson 980 1909 

Nick Gordon 351 7530 

Nicola Klausmann 341 1500 x52132 

Nicola White 358 7894 

Nicolas Siniciali 

Nicole Singer 341 1500 x52165 

Nis Gjenoal 

Nisrene Kazimi 341 1500 x52152 

Nita Smith 343 1503 

Noah Davis x52104 

Olesya Shevehouk 359 0391 

Oliver Davey 

Olivia Nyce 352 8127 

Paco Yoncaova 384 5426 

Pascal Andrew 3880192 

Patrick Davey 

Patty Gunthert 341 2028 

Paul Cannin 351 1933 

Paul Barr 

Paul Gebhard x52625 

Paul Steven Conyngham 341 1500 x56621 

Pei-Fen Wang 385 7808 

Peter Menne x52172 

Peter Sandston 341 1500 x54679 

Peter Fyfe 341 1500 x54616 

Peter Wenig 3411500 x52227 

Peter Russell 3511252 

Peter Hayes 365 7256 

Peter Savage 

Philip Lamb 351 1316 

Philip Daniel 377 9384 

Phillip Gunthert 341 2028 

Pippa Gardner 

Rachel Claridge 351 4483 

Raphael Nivoix 341 1500 x52080 

Rebecca Crosthwait 

Renee Baldwin 343 1227 

Rhys Bowen 348 9262 

Richard Leeson 3430191 

Richard Pearson 3411550 x50415 

Richard Pender 348 3942 

Rob London 341 1500 x53232 

Robbie Lawton 343 5377 

Robert Ferguson 337 1120 

Robyn Schwab x52169 

Roland Payne 377 9864 

Rose Endean 

Ross Tichota x52190 

Rowan Sinton 3371107 

Roz Pollock 

Ryan Malaney x52165 

Sabrina Luecht 348 1911 

Sam Barger 358 3904 

Sam Brown 

Sam Wike x52203 

Samantha Henderson 338 7777 

Samuel Smith 980 7027 

Samuel Frew 389 6550 

Sara Wallen 

Sara Poremski x52216 

Sarah McCracken 960 9620 

Sarah Hodges 360 3911 

Sarah Rose 

Shane Gross 341 1500 x52030 

Sharyn Gousmett 343 2445 

Shasa Labanieh 

Shawn Kimmel 341 1500 x53243 

Simon Bardsley 

Simon Bell 3513918 

Simon Barr 3513033 

Simon Seidl 341 1500 x52077 

Simon Leslie Lloyd x53114 

Sofia Lardies 351 9601 

Stacey Schultz 341 1500 x52181 

Stacy Holland 348 0744 

Stacy McCooey 341 1500 x52309 

Stephen Pawson 343 5335 

Stephen Broughton (03) 349 6655 

Stephen Parkhurst 

Steve McCallion 351 4483 

Steve Farrand 

Steven Crundwell 980 8437 

Stewart Hardie 343 2902 

Susan Lilley 355 7966 

Sylvain Ruffier 

Sylvia Maclaren 351 4612 

Symon Holmes 366 1393 

Synne Alne 3481649 

Taina Lyons x52075 

Tania Stevens 

Tara Carr 343 0143 

Teenon Liamsuwan 

Teresa Corbo 3411500 x52169 

Teresa Burrell 360 2440 

Tessa Beetham 348 8535 

Theam Yong Chew 348 9168 

Theo Dainis 942 3338 

Thomas Glaguussen 351 1500 x52148 

Tim Riley 341 1500 x54386 

Tim Healy 341 1500 x52054 

Tim Croker 

Tobias Thierer 341 1500 x52118 

Tom Hylands 341 1500 x51310 

Tom Heath 

Tonje Holte 

Travis Dixon 357 2200 

Tristan Hanburg-Webber 319 5861 

Tu Tam Nguyen Phan 343 3334 

Uryia Dolev 357 2550 

Ute Petersen 355 2698 

Veronica Ulfves 365 9552 

Victoria Rowe 3587141 

Victoria Hewitt 377 9384 

Vincent Allot 

Vincent McLeod 365 9552 

Volker Grun 341 1500 x52193 

Walter Tsai 

Wei-Ying Chew 341 1500 x52143 

Will Roscoe 

William Magee (03) 313 3066 

William Lewis 358 0902 

Wolfraw Pueschel 341 1500 x52317 

Yu-An Chen 341 1500 x54462 

Zita Lin 

CUTC PUBLICTY OFFICER 

BEN LOW: 

“ALRIGHT, WHICH ONE OF 

YOU LITTLE PUNKS STOLE 

MY DISCMAN??”

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