Easter Sacrifice

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EASTER SACRIFICE We ieft Friday morning to go in from along the Marchant Ridge. We were Kaitoke Shelter Hut. On the way from halfway up the Golden Stairs before the the station to the Shelter Hut by taxi, T.T.C.'s woke up that they had been on Linda, our trip leader, did a line with the wrong track. I don't agree that they the driver. By the time we arrived there, should be called the "Golden Stairs", I I was ready to go home, but I didn't. know a few choicer words to describe All went well and we left the shelter them. After a great effort, with all of at about 10.30 a.m. and continued up us nearly frozen, the tent was erected on the puffer, puff-puff-puffing away as Bull Mound to the background of stags usual and turning off at the junction to roaring. That night we had fried stewhead up to Dobsons. When we arrived ing steak and thick soup. The meat was there we met some T.T.C.'s, stragglers like leather and I don't think anyone ate of one of the fast parties, who had all of their helping. The next morning forged ahead. we took off with half-cooked mince After an early lunch we spent about swirling in our stomachs to go down 40 minutes in climbing to the burn. As Bull Mound track. It was blowing usual we arrived "dying of thirst" and strongly and I nearly got blown over a found only mud holes which even pigs couple of times and we were glad to get would have ignored, also some dis- into the bush where we first met up with gruntled shooters who hadn't shot a some Boys' Brigade blokes. Not wanting thing. Going along the burn we met to be fooled again, we shot ahead. We some more T.T.C. types who were bring- got to Cone Hut about lunch time and ing back one of their party who had a we started eating and eating, and made cold or something like that. At the end pigs of ourselves. That night we had a of the burn we stopped for a snack. stew and also a steam pudding, which Around about Axe Hole we had another Linda had made for afters. I went down small snack and a drink of water with to the creek at one stage to wash my an instant fizz added. Without the in- billy and saw some crawlies. I caught stant fizz, judging by the colour of the some, cooked them up, and ate them; water, it most likely would have tasted they tasted rather nice. like thick rich coffee. Not long after that we caught up with the main party of The next day we went out over Reeves T.T.C.'s who were going to Alpha and, Track which was bhot and out to like fools, we followed close behind Woodside Station where we had a brew them. They led us astray about quarter and caught the railcar back home. of the way down Block XVI before we Others on the trip: Stephanie Carrad, realised what had happened. So we re- Kay Doyle, Linda Redmond (Leader). traced our steps back up and continued DAVID SMITH.