Newsletter 31
5/10/05
Dear Southland Sea Kayakers
The following is a reminder of trips planned for the near future with this Sunday being the first one. I have put together a programme for the Monowai Skills weekend and hope to release it shortly. We are fortunate to have Steven Counsell, a very experienced sea kayaker take some of the sessions. Jon Taylor is taking a session on coastal navigation and I am taking ones on equipment and medical aspects of sea kayaking plus emergencies.
Network Trips
Sunday 9th October: Day trip and skills course at Riverton
The programme is as follows:
11-12 AM Riverton Pool: Rolling practice. Please make sure your kayaks are clean and free of gravel and sand before you arrive. We need to get there at 10.15 so we can wash down the kayaks and get ready for an 11 AM start. If there are no swimmers in the pool after 10.30AM we are free to start then. The cost is $40.00 divided by the number of participants.
To find the pool go down Palmerston St ( the main St), till you get to the National Bank corner ( Hammer Hardware across the road) & turn left. Go along about 2 blocks & the pool is on the left.
12.30-2.00 Lunch at Tim and Jacqui Anderson, 3 James St, Riverton. Everyone please bring own lunch.
2.00-4.00 PM surf practice/ self rescue and assisted rescue /rolling practice in the Bay.
The long range forecast look promising at this stage.
Sunday 30 October: Day trip Bluff
The provisional plan is to do a day trip at Bluff which will be weather dependent and to have rolling practice at the Awarua Boating club where we have access to warm showers. If the weather is fine we may also head out to Dog Island or around the coast to Ocean Beach. More details later.
Monowai Weekend: 19/20 November
This is our annual skills weekend which will be on similar lines to the previous 2 years courses we have run at Monowai. We base ourselves at the Monowai Holiday Village campground where there are huts, a cottage and a large kitchen. We have the Blackmount pool booked on the Saturday afternoon for indoor self and assisted rescue practice. There will be talks on kayaking equipment, navigation, medical aspects of sea kayaking and clinics on paddling technique, signalling, pod rules. On Sunday we have a trip on Lake Monowai where further skills are practised.
This is proving to be very popular and is nearly fully subscribed already. I encourage to register with me ASAP to avoid disappointment.
My phone number is 2157263 ( home) and 2110999 ( work). Please register your interest now. A full programme will be send out closer to the date.
Tibet Cycle Trip
Some of you may be aware I am leading a mountain bike trip across Tibet from Lhasa to Kathmandu via Mt Everest in April next year. This is a fully supported mountain bike trip with vehicle backup and camp staff allowing us to cycle with minimal gear across the high Tibetan plateau. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest mountain bike trip on the planet. I have organised a 5 day high altitude tramp across the 5500 metre Langma La pass to the Kama Valley under the Kangschung of Everest. I need 10 people to make it an economic venture and I have 2 slots available if anyone is keen on joining my group. The members who have signed up are from my circle of friends and all are exceptional athletes either mountain bikers, mountaineers or sea kayakers. I can only take who are exceptionally fit and can cope with a brutally hostile high altitude environment. There will be plenty of pain but the view are great. The total cost is about $6000.00 and the dates are 4/6/05-5/5/05
Safe kayaking
Stanley
Dear Southland Sea Kayakers
The following is a reminder of trips planned for the near future with this Sunday being the first one. I have put together a programme for the Monowai Skills weekend and hope to release it shortly. We are fortunate to have Steven Counsell, a very experienced sea kayaker take some of the sessions. Jon Taylor is taking a session on coastal navigation and I am taking ones on equipment and medical aspects of sea kayaking plus emergencies.
Network Trips
Sunday 9th October: Day trip and skills course at Riverton
The programme is as follows:
11-12 AM Riverton Pool: Rolling practice. Please make sure your kayaks are clean and free of gravel and sand before you arrive. We need to get there at 10.15 so we can wash down the kayaks and get ready for an 11 AM start. If there are no swimmers in the pool after 10.30AM we are free to start then. The cost is $40.00 divided by the number of participants.
To find the pool go down Palmerston St ( the main St), till you get to the National Bank corner ( Hammer Hardware across the road) & turn left. Go along about 2 blocks & the pool is on the left.
12.30-2.00 Lunch at Tim and Jacqui Anderson, 3 James St, Riverton. Everyone please bring own lunch.
2.00-4.00 PM surf practice/ self rescue and assisted rescue /rolling practice in the Bay.
The long range forecast look promising at this stage.
Sunday 30 October: Day trip Bluff
The provisional plan is to do a day trip at Bluff which will be weather dependent and to have rolling practice at the Awarua Boating club where we have access to warm showers. If the weather is fine we may also head out to Dog Island or around the coast to Ocean Beach. More details later.
Monowai Weekend: 19/20 November
This is our annual skills weekend which will be on similar lines to the previous 2 years courses we have run at Monowai. We base ourselves at the Monowai Holiday Village campground where there are huts, a cottage and a large kitchen. We have the Blackmount pool booked on the Saturday afternoon for indoor self and assisted rescue practice. There will be talks on kayaking equipment, navigation, medical aspects of sea kayaking and clinics on paddling technique, signalling, pod rules. On Sunday we have a trip on Lake Monowai where further skills are practised.
This is proving to be very popular and is nearly fully subscribed already. I encourage to register with me ASAP to avoid disappointment.
My phone number is 2157263 ( home) and 2110999 ( work). Please register your interest now. A full programme will be send out closer to the date.
Tibet Cycle Trip
Some of you may be aware I am leading a mountain bike trip across Tibet from Lhasa to Kathmandu via Mt Everest in April next year. This is a fully supported mountain bike trip with vehicle backup and camp staff allowing us to cycle with minimal gear across the high Tibetan plateau. It is undoubtedly one of the greatest mountain bike trip on the planet. I have organised a 5 day high altitude tramp across the 5500 metre Langma La pass to the Kama Valley under the Kangschung of Everest. I need 10 people to make it an economic venture and I have 2 slots available if anyone is keen on joining my group. The members who have signed up are from my circle of friends and all are exceptional athletes either mountain bikers, mountaineers or sea kayakers. I can only take who are exceptionally fit and can cope with a brutally hostile high altitude environment. There will be plenty of pain but the view are great. The total cost is about $6000.00 and the dates are 4/6/05-5/5/05
Safe kayaking
Stanley