Trampers Carrying Lighter Packs; Supplies By Air
WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA). ■ —Members of the Tararua Tramping Club at present in the South Westlang district, with the peak of Mt. Huka as their objective, are carrvir much lighter packs than usual. Provisions for part of their three weeks trin ore being dropped from the air to Lansborough airfield, a large area of flat land among the hills 50 miles from the nearest road. The district which the trampers, three women and two men. are visiting Is seldom’ traversed because of the difficult nature of the country, but with comparativelv light packs the party should find it much easier.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 6 January 1949, Page 6
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