Course
More than 60 trainee Instructor representing 30 North bland club*. gathered at Mount Ruapehu recently to attend a basic instruction course on elimbing and mounteireering. They were coached by seven leading instructors from Christchurch, fore of whom have had overseas experience, either on the Himalayas or the European Alp*.
The course, conducted by the Federated Mountaineerfog Club*, included belays on snow and ice, step chopping, checking falls from a fixed belay, the importance Of the Tarbuck knot in its relationship to nylon rope, and talk* on equipment and techniques. Part of the second day was spent on various aspect* of roek climbing. At Easter, the New Zealand Alpine Club, at the request ot the FIM.C., will conduct an advanced course for a limited number of instructor* at Crow Hut, Arthur’s Pass.
AT LEFT: P. Farrell, of Christchurch. demonstrate* how to secure a rope with the aid of a steel piton hammered into a crack in the roek.
BELOW: Trainees an* tastruetora test belays on a steep slope. The man on the left ha* just been checked by the rope, after » *Mp.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29671, 15 November 1961, Page 13
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