Welcome to the November edition of the NZAC South Canterbury Section’s newsletter. The section runs a variety of alpine, climbing and other trips and courses throughout the year and new members are always welcome. Climber Content submissions from members – whether they be Is there anything you would like to see in the Trip Reports, Items for Sale or rants. Just send newsletter? Do you have a suggestion for improving your material to the editor by the 20th of the the newsletter? If so, drop us a line, we’re keen to month preceding. Contact Kelly Cooney from hear from you. Alternatively, we love getting emailing: [email protected] Monthly Meeting – Thursday 24th November, 8pm 2016. All Welcome! “Sub Antarctic Islands of New Zealand” – Paul Sagar Paul will talk of his experiences in the Sub-Antarctic Islands of NZ over the last 4 decades. PLEASE NOTE: This month’s meeting will be held in the Police Training rooms. Access is at the back of the Police building on Heaton Street. Also, there will not be any meetings in December of January. We will start again in Feb 2017. Come & be inspired! Speakers Your Committee welcomes ideas of Topics and Speakers. Please send them in ASAP to any Committee Member, we look forward to receiving them! Do not be shy to offer yourself (Contacts at bottom of Newsletter). Wall/Crag Climbing We had our first outdoor climbing session last weekend at Hanging Rock. Keep an eye out on Facebook or text Kelly 021 243 7381 to find out when next session will be. For Hire The section has ice axes, crampons, show shovels, avalanche transceivers, snowshoes, snow stakes and now, a second Personal Locator Beacon for hire. Contact Gary Brehaut (03) 688 9399. Keep up to date with the latest local news, photos and events by connecting with us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/groups/NZACsouthcanterbury National News The 2015-2016 NZAC Annual Report is now available for viewing online At https://alpineclub.org.nz/the-new-zealand-alpine-club-inc-annual-report-2015-2016/ The club’s AGM is being held Friday 4 November at 7pm in the Cashmere Club, 50 Colombo St, Christchurch. After the formal part of the evening there will be a 125th Anniversary Quiz. Come along and exercise your democratic rights! Sharpen up on your NZAC historical trivia and get your quiz team together. Great prizes, finger food and drinks will be available. All members are warmly invited to attend. Chris Bonington Mountaineer Revised 2016 Edition, featuring five new chapters Signed copies: pre-order now and save 20%* Chris Bonington Mountaineer is a photographic autobiography, documenting over sixty years of climbing the world’s most beautiful and challenging mountains. Few climbers can match Bonington’s climbing achievements. He is one of the most accomplished and respected climbers in the world. Available from Amazon and through the UK publisher direct: http://bit.ly/2f9Ufgn Topographic Maps Price Change Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is currently consulting on proposed changes to the price we charge for our paper topographic maps as well as the way they are printed. But before we consider making any changes we want to hear from you and your members. These proposals reflect changes to the way people use our maps. In particular, fewer paper maps are sold these days as people prefer to download digital versions. A consultation document with more detail on these proposals as well as information on how to provide feedback is available at our website. We'd appreciate if you can share the following short item with your members (see below). You may wish to use in your website or newsletters. We’re also keen to meet to discuss these proposals and the reason for them in more detail if that is useful for you. Please don't hesitate to get in touch should you have any questions about this. The consultation will close on 28 November 2016. Instruction Course Award for a young woman NZAC member Charles MacMurray, a Nelson/Marlborough section member, recently made a generous donation to the Club. His wife, the late Sheila MacMurray, was also an accomplished climber whose achievements included the first all-woman, unguided ascent of Mt Cook in 1953. Part of Charles’ donation ($550) has been set aside as a one-off award for a young woman NZAC member to attend an NZAC instruction course. Please email Penny Brothers, [email protected] by November 13, 2016 with a short paragraph outlining your climbing background and aspirations, and which course you plan to do. Applications are now open for the Antarctic Heritage Trust’s Inspiring Explorers Expedition 2017 This is an opportunity of a lifetime for up to four young New Zealanders to participate in a heavily sponsored expedition to the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2017. Weather and conditions permitting, the team will attempt a guided ascent of Mt Scott. The expedition aims to encourage young people both to explore the physical world to educate and inspire them, as well as to challenge those participating to inspire others to explore. More information and applications are at https://www.nzaht.org/pages/inspiring-explorers-2017 Christmas Gift Ideas - New Books Out A Bunk For The Night https://alpineclub.org.nz/product/a-bunk-for-the-night/ In addition there’s a few book launches in the next couple of weeks for the Himalayan Trust Fundraiser of the book ‘Outdoor Appetite’. The NZAC is supporting this with advertising those events and pointing members in the right direction to purchase the book. If too late to advertise the launches for your next issues, would you all mind promoting the book with the purchase link instead, please. Currently the link says pre-orders, but I expect it to be straight ordering with the start of the launches from 27 Oct in Auckland, 3 Nov ChCh and 10 Nov Wellington. See our events calendar for details on those, but if you look right now, the delay between entering the events in WA and the end post on the site will show the events looking wonky. It can take a few hours to come across: https://alpineclub.org.nz/events/ Here’s the link to purchase the book: New Book- Outdoor Appetite Mouth-watering photography by Lindsay Keats complements the wide range of tried and true recipes, which included contributions from the family of Sir Edmund Hillary, actress Joanna Lumley, Adventure Consultant's Guy Cotter and many more. All proceeds from the sale of Outdoor Appetite will go to support the work of the Himalayan Trust in Nepal and fund rebuilding schools and training teachers. Founded by Sir Edmund Hillary in 1960, the Himalayan Trust NZ works to improve the health, education and wellbeing of the people of Nepal. It provided emergency aid for affected communities in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of April 2015 and is now working to support long-term recovery. http://himalayantrust.org/product/outdoor-appetite/ Annual Tukino Rock Climbing Camp Where: Tukino Lodge and Ski Field, Mt Ruapehu Date: 4 January 2017 – 8 January 2017 More info here: https://alpineclub.org.nz/single- event/?event_id=2364377 Upcoming Trips Trips When Contact Wall/Crag Climbing Text 021 243 7381 if you Kelly Cooney want to climb. Mt Potts, Ski Touring day trip September 24th Please email John Wilson Mt Forbes TBC Winter Avalanche Awareness Course July 2017 Gary Brehaut Any ideas? …Well, let us know! Committee South Canterbury Section - Contacts Chairperson Committee Committee/ Gear Hire Ian Rogers Gary Brehaut Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 614 7786 Phone: 688 9399 027 497 8952 Vice Chairman Committee Nick Wall Mark Easton Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (03) 675 6103 027 523 9888 Phone: 684 4985 Secretary/Rep Committee/ Newsletter Editor Rob Moffat Kelly Cooney Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 688 1212 wk (03) 689 8079 Phone: 021 243 7381 971 0126 027 221 0981 Treasurer Committee Gordon Hasell Syd Woods Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 686 3613 027 201 4554 Phone: (03) 693 8093 021 116 2309 Committee Committee Neil Harding-Roberts John Wilson Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 686 2089 Mobile:021 756 695 Committee Roger Brown Unwin Lodge Bookings Email: [email protected] Warden/Manager Email: [email protected] Phone: 03 4351100 Library Geoff McCrostie Phone: 686 3320 or 027 191 2322 .