Leader: Dan McGuire

Eight stalwart trampers appeared early for the drive to Flora car park. After taking a roundabout route due to excessive chatting, we arrived at the late hour of 9:00 a.m.

The sou’west wind of the previous day was still present, so we headed for Flora Hut and beyond, in the hopes of meeting a calmer day by the time we climbed Gordons Pyramid.

En route, we saw alpine violas, ourisias, maori onions, celmesia spectabilis and other daisies.  But after a lunch out of the wind at the half-way point, we ascended into a very powerful wind and decided to return the way we had come.

After seven hours, we returned to Flora carpark.  The moral of the story: pick your weather!

Participants: Kath Ballantine, Penny Parker

(photographer), Kate Krawczyk, Kelvin Drew, Bruce Alley, Ian Dohoo & Dan McGuire (leader and scribe)