Trip Summary While at the Tolmie Muster , I decided I would organise the only trip for the day that wasn ’ t going to Craig ’ s Hut . Distance & Route Around 60km with a large part of it on bitumen . Difficulty Level Medium

Trip Detail

NOTE : Due to an unfortunate ‘ cleaning ’ accident , my original trip notes were ‘ misplaced ’ so this report is relying heavily on my memory .

It was the intention of this trip to rotate trip leaders in order to give members experience in leading trips . This was done in the hope that it may encourage new trip leaders within the club . Route notes and a strip map was offered to trip participants to assist them with leading .

The trip departed from Tolmie around 9am . We were led by Mitch Watkins as we headed to Jamieson . The leg to Jamieson was an easy run on bitumen . We arrived at Sappers track within around 30 minutes where we all aired down and had a pre-trip briefing .

We headed off after airing up with Rob as the new trip leader , however sadly , about 15 minutes along Sappers track , Alan had some front end issues in the Delica . This required us to recover the car back to the black top in Jamieson . Many thanks to Dave Howard for ensuring the Delica made it back and that Alan was kept company .

While the recovery process was underway , many of the trip participants took the opportunity to have an early morning tea . Wise move I say .

Once again , we swapped trip leaders providing Martin with some time at the pointy end . We then made our way through some beautiful , scenic tracks up behind Jamieson . Such as Ferguson Saddle Road and Gallows Track . Given we were well behind schedule due to the recovery earlier in the day , Martin and his son decided to head back to camp . They detoured