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Images from previous year's courses
Practicing snow anchors belay points. Note Mt Taranaki in the background
Instruction in the important skill of tying the correct knot.
Summit Day on the Alpine Instruction Course |
Alpine Instruction Course and Climbing Weekends 2009 Season
Alpine Sports Club will run its popular Snowcraft, Mountaincraft & Alpine Instruction Courses again this winter, starting in early August.
Mountaincraft is skill of being able to travel safely in dangerous places in the mountains. At its extreme is Alpine climbing, a huge adrenalin rush, fantastic scenery and teamwork based on preserving each other's life.
For most people it is the skill necessary to enjoy the mountains safely and includes such skills as :-
If you want to step out into the mountains, move up to alpine climbing or be more adventurous with your skiing then this is the series of courses you should consider.
This year there will be 3 weekends on Mt Ruapehu learning basic snowcraft and climbing skills combined with at least two weekends of ski instructions and a series of opportunities to put the whole package into practice.
Planning dates for the 2009 Snow Skills Course are:-
Contact Peter Loveridge for details on
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Ski Instruction 2 is the weekend 29/30 August with a Japanese Theme Book into the huts in the usual way
Dates for 2009 Weekend Climbing Weekends will be listed in the Trips program
Ruapehu climbing Trips
Impromptu and unadvertised. Goes when the conditions are
favourable. Avoids hut bashing. Peter Loveridge and Brian Duffy
Ph
Brian Duffy
on
528-3782 or email at b.duffy@xtra.co.nz
Cardrona Speights Technical
Evenings
Each 3rd Tuesday of the month at the
Cardrona Speights Ale House in Mt Eden at 7:30pm
See the
notice
or Contact Brian Duffy for more information by email on
For
more information on Alpine Instruction contact
Peter Loveridge on 377-3398, or
for climbing weekends contact Brian Duffy on 528-3783 or email us on email@alpinesport.org.nz
More
details
will be printed in the club magazine as they come to hand and they will
appear on the Tours Program list on this website (see Trips on
the menu bar). Note that to take part you must be a
current financial member of Alpine Sports Club inc. For
membership enquiries, visit the Join
ASC page on this website or ring the Club membership
contact, Sue Fitzpatrick on 09-576-1069 |
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Alpine Sports Club inc. P.O. Box 131, Auckland 1140, New Zealand. email email@alpinesport.org.nz
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