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A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. | A monthly bulletin of matters of interest to the Sydney Bush Walkers, C/- Ingersoll Hall, 256 Crown St., Sydney. | ||
- | ===No.228. | + | ===No.228. |
|**Editor**|Jim Brown, 103 Gipps St, Drummoyne| | |**Editor**|Jim Brown, 103 Gipps St, Drummoyne| | ||
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At the Committee Meeting of October, the names of about 60 unfinancial members were crossed off the books. The number was made up of approximately 40 " | At the Committee Meeting of October, the names of about 60 unfinancial members were crossed off the books. The number was made up of approximately 40 " | ||
- | Some of those removed from the books will certainly apply for re-instatement, | + | Some of those removed from the books will certainly apply for re-instatement, |
To date the intake of new members this year has been 11, and with only 15 names on the current list of prospective members, it is quite certain that the end of the club year on January 31st will see us with depleted numbers. As a comparison, the following tabulation, taken from annual reports, may be of interest: | To date the intake of new members this year has been 11, and with only 15 names on the current list of prospective members, it is quite certain that the end of the club year on January 31st will see us with depleted numbers. As a comparison, the following tabulation, taken from annual reports, may be of interest: | ||
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Here one might readily digress with an analysis of our income and expenditure, | Here one might readily digress with an analysis of our income and expenditure, | ||
- | For some years our membersnip | + | For some years our membership |
This has been a vexed problem in the past, when Club opinion has generally been opposed to promiscuous growth, or any form of advertising for new members. Certainly there is a maximum figure at which the jobs of some officers, notably Treasurer and Secretary, would become too onerous altogether. In any case, lowering of our standard of admission would be an undesirable thing. The point calling for consideration is whether we wish to embark on something in the nature of a recruiting drive to maintain our membership. Should we agree to move in that direction we must be careful that our decision is not dictated by the selfish desire to secure more funds for the gratification of existing members. The Club is the thing, and the only motive which should govern our thoughts is the continued welfare of the walking game to which the Club has contributed, | This has been a vexed problem in the past, when Club opinion has generally been opposed to promiscuous growth, or any form of advertising for new members. Certainly there is a maximum figure at which the jobs of some officers, notably Treasurer and Secretary, would become too onerous altogether. In any case, lowering of our standard of admission would be an undesirable thing. The point calling for consideration is whether we wish to embark on something in the nature of a recruiting drive to maintain our membership. Should we agree to move in that direction we must be careful that our decision is not dictated by the selfish desire to secure more funds for the gratification of existing members. The Club is the thing, and the only motive which should govern our thoughts is the continued welfare of the walking game to which the Club has contributed, | ||
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The Treasurer' | The Treasurer' | ||
- | The Conservation Secretary' | + | The Conservation Secretary' |
Tom Moppett explained that Mr. Morris' | Tom Moppett explained that Mr. Morris' | ||
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By Leon Blumer. | By Leon Blumer. | ||
- | As we gradually approached the hut in the late afternoon the Hornli ridge loomed above our heads. We had already viewed the Matterhorn from various sides aad marvelled at its impossible outline, its airy ridges and faces, so it was with a little trepidation that Brian and I tried to visualise the route for the next morning. Such was our respect for the peak that we had left Janet at Zermatt, Janet having been with us previously on the Dent Blanche, a much more difficult peak in all respects. | + | As we gradually approached the hut in the late afternoon the Hornli ridge loomed above our heads. We had already viewed the Matterhorn from various sides and marvelled at its impossible outline, its airy ridges and faces, so it was with a little trepidation that Brian and I tried to visualise the route for the next morning. Such was our respect for the peak that we had left Janet at Zermatt, Janet having been with us previously on the Dent Blanche, a much more difficult peak in all respects. |
The hut, of course, was full to the brim, so we grabbed a blanket each and slept on the table after the usual supper of maggi soup (so thick that a spoon would stand upright). Ropes and rucksack provided the necessary padding, and we actually slept for a few hours. This was our fourth week in the Alps and we cared little when and where we slept. | The hut, of course, was full to the brim, so we grabbed a blanket each and slept on the table after the usual supper of maggi soup (so thick that a spoon would stand upright). Ropes and rucksack provided the necessary padding, and we actually slept for a few hours. This was our fourth week in the Alps and we cared little when and where we slept. | ||
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The third cord, a rope ladder, was rather horrible, iced-up, decayed, and with a few rungs missing. It swings out over the precipice, and creaks and groans when, at half-way, you have to transfer to the inside rungs. I have usually a steady head over sheer space but was acutely conscious of the fact that it would be impossible to hold once the ladder broke. The mist enveloped us more than once and added to the sublimity of the depths. | The third cord, a rope ladder, was rather horrible, iced-up, decayed, and with a few rungs missing. It swings out over the precipice, and creaks and groans when, at half-way, you have to transfer to the inside rungs. I have usually a steady head over sheer space but was acutely conscious of the fact that it would be impossible to hold once the ladder broke. The mist enveloped us more than once and added to the sublimity of the depths. | ||
- | The Italian shoulder was reached and the going, though still exposed, became much easier up and down jagged gendarnes. We were the only two on that side but nanaged | + | The Italian shoulder was reached and the going, though still exposed, became much easier up and down jagged gendarnes. We were the only two on that side but managed |
We lost the route after this, and found ourselves on the precipitous Italian face. We tried twice to find the route before realising that scratch marks led above a snow slope, around a corner and across to the main ridge. To have kept down the face on a subsidiary ridge would have been suicidal. Stones rattle down this at all hours. | We lost the route after this, and found ourselves on the precipitous Italian face. We tried twice to find the route before realising that scratch marks led above a snow slope, around a corner and across to the main ridge. To have kept down the face on a subsidiary ridge would have been suicidal. Stones rattle down this at all hours. | ||
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The following day we wandered up to the Furg Joch, ambled across the Theodule glacier with its delightful panoramas, then down a winding track to Zermatt and the flesh pots. The most famous peak of them all had been conquered. We were supremely happy. | The following day we wandered up to the Furg Joch, ambled across the Theodule glacier with its delightful panoramas, then down a winding track to Zermatt and the flesh pots. The most famous peak of them all had been conquered. We were supremely happy. | ||
- | (Abseiling is a method of descendfng | + | (Abseiling is a method of descending |
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=====Survival Of The Fittest.===== | =====Survival Of The Fittest.===== | ||
- | Ted Phillips of the River Canoe Club reports an amanzing | + | Ted Phillips of the River Canoe Club reports an amazing |
"If the newspapers had grabbed hold of it, it would doubtless have been super-headlined "Hiker cheats death in miraculous fall of sixty feet over mountain cliff... only injuries slight cuts to leg, knee and forearm!" | "If the newspapers had grabbed hold of it, it would doubtless have been super-headlined "Hiker cheats death in miraculous fall of sixty feet over mountain cliff... only injuries slight cuts to leg, knee and forearm!" | ||
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- | Frank Rigby squatted on a rock near the top of Devil' | + | Frank Rigby squatted on a rock near the top of Devil' |
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At first the vague description " | At first the vague description " | ||
- | At the timber cutters' | + | At the timber cutters' |
Of course, there is one sure thing. There is a monster which may appear in any forested country. It is all consuming, its breath is smoke, red flame stabs from its nostrils. Usually it is born of a small sliver of wood, tipped with a compound of phosphorus. It is a killer. | Of course, there is one sure thing. There is a monster which may appear in any forested country. It is all consuming, its breath is smoke, red flame stabs from its nostrils. Usually it is born of a small sliver of wood, tipped with a compound of phosphorus. It is a killer. | ||
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__Leaders__: | __Leaders__: | ||
- | __Tally of Casualties__: | + | __Tally of Casualties__: |
(a) __External__: | (a) __External__: | ||
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* Claude Haynes: An explosion at Guthega. | * Claude Haynes: An explosion at Guthega. | ||
- | * Roley Cotterand | + | * Roley Cotter and Peg Bransdon: Woomera Atom Blast. |
* Enid Hallstrom: Ten tons T.N.T. | * Enid Hallstrom: Ten tons T.N.T. | ||
* Clem Hallstrom: (Who was asleep at the time) - Atom bomb fell near his home. | * Clem Hallstrom: (Who was asleep at the time) - Atom bomb fell near his home. | ||
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The party found the wedge-tail squatting forlornly on rocks along the edge of the Cox, with the talons of one foot caught in a rabbit trap. Evidently it had happened some days previously, for the bird was too weak to fly. This posed a problem: plainly death by starvation was only a matter of time, yet no one was very happy about approaching those razor claws, or the curved beak, or the bent wings. | The party found the wedge-tail squatting forlornly on rocks along the edge of the Cox, with the talons of one foot caught in a rabbit trap. Evidently it had happened some days previously, for the bird was too weak to fly. This posed a problem: plainly death by starvation was only a matter of time, yet no one was very happy about approaching those razor claws, or the curved beak, or the bent wings. | ||
- | However Dr. Frank Barr took photographs (for medicinal reasons only, of course): and Dr. Ridhard | + | However Dr. Frank Barr took photographs (for medicinal reasons only, of course): and Dr. Richard |
For a time post-operative complications were feared, and at one stage it was thought that the anaesthetist had been over-enthusiastic. However the patient rallied after a time, and after a convalescent period of about two hours, took off, flying slowly at a low level down the river. | For a time post-operative complications were feared, and at one stage it was thought that the anaesthetist had been over-enthusiastic. However the patient rallied after a time, and after a convalescent period of about two hours, took off, flying slowly at a low level down the river. | ||
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===Ranger Patrol:=== | ===Ranger Patrol:=== | ||
- | Following discussion on the activities of the Patrol, the President | + | Following discussion on the activities of the Patrol, the President |
===Proposed Warrumbungles National Park:=== | ===Proposed Warrumbungles National Park:=== |
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