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Yep Outac has
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How many people on a
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Left to right:- Andy
Briggs. Colin Angus, Fred MacKay, Peter Barrett, Alan Statt, ????,
Bob Walton, Dick Tonkin, and ???? taken in what was the wet
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From
Andy Briggs in November 2008: You might be interested to know that it was
myself and staff member Joe Collerton who created your club in the year
1960, I believe it would be. At that time the institution was Rutherford
College of Technology. Very much Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Do you have any historical records of these
early days. It would be nice to contact some of these early members
although Joe is still around living in Newcastle. His heart is and always
will be close to the hills. Your
higher education establishment has had several titles over the years but its
origins include that of Rutherford College of Technology during the 60's when
i was a student there. There were no well established full-time students
before about 1960. At
my suggestion we created the Mountaineering Club devoted to rock climbing
although through the influence of Joe Collerton we embraced skiing
also. One of our trips was to Glenmore (was it 1962 ?) when the
chairlift opened the same week that NewYear. A
van load of us arrived at 7.00am on the eve of 1962 to camp in 2 feet of
powder for two weeks, what a memorable holiday. see attachment. Some
skied from the top of the White Lady to Glenmore campsite. The
supporting staff members included Frank Weeks and Gordon Davidson. In
1966 Gordon , with Peter Lockey, set up the now well known LD Mountain
Centre. Gordon then went on to develop Berghaus equipment to his
design and specifications. It would be at this time I would have left
Rutherford and move to Scotland. I can't say how long things continued
afterward .................but it's great to know that the interest in that
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