In 1993, long term NSTC  member Dora Couwenberg was tramping with the club in the Waitakeres when she slipped and fell over a cliff.

By shear luck,  Carl Dickinson of the South Auckland tramping club Toi-Toi Trekkers saw Dora go over the edge and went after her.  Carl found Dora seriously injured and face down in a creek.  Carl pulled Dora from the water and ended up flying with her by helicopter to hospital.  Dora made a full recovery and still tramps with the club most Sundays.

Dora and Carl met each other by chance for the first time since the accident when their paths crossed on a track in the Waitakeres at the end of January.

There is often a spate of new people coming tramping in the summer months – please do as you have always done and make them welcome. 

Dorothy Downing passed away in December. Long-time members of the club will remember her. She was a founding member as she was present at the “set up meeting” when the club was formed, and the family were on the Rangitoto trip, which was the first club trip.

The family were very active as they went most Sundays, weekend trips and also Xmas trips. 

Want to save some money?...............of course you do!

Discounts offered to members of the tramping club include:

• Outdoor Action                   
  
• Green Coast                        
  

FMC membership gives you:

• 30% off the cost of an annual hut pass
• 10% off Great Walks
  
• 24% off the annual subscription to Wilderness
• Bivouac 10%  off 

Kathmandu has a Summit club- membership costs $10 pa; however it is free if you are over 60, a member of YHA or a full time student. For this you get invited to the Summit day before the sales begin, information posted to you and 10-25% off all non-sale goods.

Please note: for discounts you are expected to provide the club membership form, or the FMC membership number, no proof no discount.

FMC has other discounts and it pays to look at the page which comes with your membership card, and to look at the adverts in the FMC magazine.

Les Murray- abbreviated.

Dedicated to Ian G Morris(Sorry Ian, Helen told me about this poem which came to light on the Sikkim trip- we all thought of you. Shorts at Everest, shorts all Auckland winter - Legend!)

To go home and wear shorts forever
in the enormous paddocks, in that warm climate,
adding a sweater when winter soaks the grass,
to camp out along the river bends
for good, wearing shorts, with a pocketknife,
a fishing line and matches,

or there where the hills are all down, below the plain,
to sit around in shorts at evening
on the plank verandah

Now that everyone who yearned to wear long pants
has essentially achieved them,
long pants, which have themselves been underwear
repeatedly, and underground more than once,
it is time perhaps to cherish the culture of shorts,

A warm welcome to new members –:  Gemma Haliwell and Geoff Fisher.

Who is the leading the stakes at the moment? Ian G. has been collecting data --------and the person is--------------Imogen. Well done, Imogen.

A warm welcome to new members Dot Woollacott, Gail Woollacott and Edith Chan.

Please renew asap. Remember you can do this via the web page now at  membership renewals. You need to renew before the end of August to ensure you receive the member trip price and FMC Bulletin.

Membership renewal: Please renew promptly. The fees are unchanged at

- Ordinary (18 years +)  $45 
- Junior    $25
- Family   $45

For the first time the club is offering the option of renewal via the internet at membership renewals .

Payment may be made via online banking  or by cheque.