HUTT TAMPING CLUB

Hutt News, Volume 20, Issue 42, 16 April 1947, Page 3

HUTT TAMPING CLUB

;! —%• ) . iOI’XT T.-\I’IIAENUKU CLIMBED On a brilliant day seventeen niemlj ' rs of the Hutt Valley Tramping itlub. who were tramping in the | aland Kaikouras over Easter. 1 1 limbed Mt. Tanuaenukti (9560 ft). | Tom the top of this peak excellent lews were obtained of the Marl- , orough, Nelson. Wellington. and Caikoura districts. i Tapuaenuku, which is translated s “Footsteps of the Rainbow,” is he highest peak in New Zealand >utside the Southern Alps, and is imated in a particularly rugged ange. The slopes mainly com>rise sliingle slides and loose rock .nd. progress while climbing, is very low and laborious. The/ party amped in the f'pper Hodder Valley, and took eight hours to reach the iop, arriving titer* 1 about 12.50 bn Easter Saturday. A very enjoyable two hours were spent basking in the sun. Six members also on the same day climbed Alarm, a neighbouring peak which requires some skill in rock climbing. Visit to the Sounds Another Hutt Valley party spent Easter at Grail Bay, in. the Sounds. Fishing* swimming, and generally takings things easy were the routine for the four sunify clays. Grail Bay is one of the side bays of Pelorup Sound, and access is gained by two launch trips and two short walks across low saddles between the launch rides.