Ruapehu Ski Trip

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RUAPHU. Dos Manning who 1-d tho Ski Trip nust bn Vory popilarthore woro so many nanrs on tho list that two of us want with thn Hutt Valloy-Club. I saw our truck off at thr Railway Station 1 they did not look confortable. Strett was Snatrd precariously onhalf apack = sharr-end sharn alikot "o Caught un to thon at Lovin in our do luxo doublo docker and I gathor from ny rocrption that my romarks about "Nico trip?" wrro not appreciated. Thry arrived at Ruapohu about 4a.m. but what with picking"up Bill Murray at Sanson and our driver fooling illwodid not crawl in until about-7. My romarks must havo boon - forgotton'or lso I'vo boon tranping a long timo because I was givon broakfast thrn - in roturn for cooking tra! Tho-nountain was half-hidden in mist but nothing dauntad, Wo got our ski tickots and Wont up in tho truck to Salt Hut.- Tho rocks woro showing well and tho- snow was rathor hravy and vot but in some exciton-nt-wo strapnod on ourskis and away onto thr sloprs. -Thosn of us who had born on skis boforn waitod till tho others hadsat down boforn Wo took off - and did likowise! Howovor Wo soon had our ski-logs"again = sonotimos I and by lunch timo Wore woll innorsod in tho tachnicalitios.of running. Turning was almost-impossible. Thr snow was so hoavy that thr slight-st edgingfor snowplough brought ono to a suddon halt but-wo had somo exciting runs Ovr down-hill coursos. Ono in particular gavo ono a Sonsation of riding tho Scrnic Railway and proved tho downfall-of most party. A fow of us-hradnd for tho Ruapo u Ski Club tho-snow was littlo bottor thoro. CAFeOE Wr had Axtraordinary practico in pushing down hill - a novol Sonsation. Rain and uttor woariness finally got tho-bottar of usand Wo pilad on to tho-bus and so back to tho Chatrau. Whon Wo clinbod out of tho bus Wo found-Aloc Ross roclining in th back of a truck,looking rathor th worso for Ho had startrd to walk down from Salt Hut and in ERns a short cut-onto thn road had junprd, caught his log on a rock and endnd up on thr road with a broken log. Cyril obligingly broko up his slod to uso for splints and- Al-c-was takon down on a truck thet was on it's way to the Chateau, Ho was takon by truck and ambulance to Hospital. Tra had its novel nomonts --for xamplo Strett oXchanging potatons-for tinnod peachos! Dos bocoming tirad of tho firo in tho barral and lighting his own alongsido it much-to thr adventagn-of somo of thr Hutt Valloy Club who w-re canpod alongsida of us, Those of-us-who vore not tirnd - or at loast had convincrd oursnlves Wo-wrre not - wrnt to-tho Starf Dancr in tho old cook house and had a roally enjoyable time.

Sunday rose misty and dishrartening. Tho party split up into the lazy onrs who steyed in thir bags and thr enorgotic who-visitad Silica Springs. And so back to tho truck and homn aftrr a stop-for coffoo and toast at Lovin, Mombors on thr trip Worog= Das Manning (Leador), "aitor -Ailan Burns, John Bowen, Don Collings, Ian Hindnarsh, PESAEZERAL Johnson, Cyril Jacquard, M-1.-Henning, -Merv. Nobi-, Al-c Ross, Don Langford, Heroid Stretton, Trov "alsh, Harold Sinclair, Krn Turner, Bill Murray, Diana Collings, Ivy Logg, Anno M-lvillo, Muricl Sinclair, Lorna Soulsby,and Marin Marshall. M. M.