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SUMMARY:Takaka Hill & Via Ferrata
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DESCRIPTION:POSTPONED to Sunday 19th October due to weather\n \nIn Europe, climbing on 
 wire ropes and ladders over, around and up rock faces is very popular. It i
 s called Via Ferrata.(by wire??)\nTakaka Hill is now home to NZ's second Vi
 a Ferrata (the first is a private one near Wanaka) Stage 1 opened late last
  year and is free to access.... but you need to hire safety gear. ($8/perso
 n from Ngarua Caves)\nStage 2 is under construction and will be a longer, m
 ore thrilling experience. But Stage 1 is a good test of your confidence for
  climbing around cliff faces.\nThere is a small "test climb" for people to 
 check their confidence. If it's not for you, the Walkway offers an alternat
 ive.\nLet's check it out?   (https://viaferrata.org.nz/)https://viaferrata.
 org.nz/ (https://viaferrata.org.nz/)\nPLAN: Depart Nelson 8.30 am. Its abou
 t an hours drive, so I will book the safety gear for 10 am (or 10.30?) at N
 garua Caves. (That would allow time for a coffee on the way for those who l
 ike a shot of caffeine.  The Woolshed Cafe near the top doesn't open till O
 ctober)\n \n \nTrip Leader : Graeme Ferrier\nPhone :  022 162 1676\nEmail :
  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript e
 nabled to view it.\nArea : Kahurangi National Park\nPanic Date : 26-08-2025
 \nGrading : Select an appropriate grade for the hardest day on your Trip.\n
 Grade : Easy\nCost : The travel distances are used to calculate the cost of
  a trip. The trip co-ordinator will complete these values. However, if you 
 know the values, for example by using Google Maps, then by all means comple
 te. Make sure the values (double to include return journey) are correct to 
 be fair to the drivers and participants. IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to
  have a month and year value for cents/kilometre. Trip coordinator is respo
 nsible to entering this information.\nCost $ : 14\nSealed km (Enter the num
 ber of kms travelled on sealed roads to/from the trip) : 0\nUnsealed km (En
 ter the number of kms travelled on unsealed roads to/from trip.) : 0\nSigno
 ff : Default is Programme, please set the Status to either 'Completed' or '
 Cancelled' when appropriate. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total num
 bers on your trip. Thanks. NOTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled 
 the event WON'T appear on the Home page calendars.\nEvent Status : Postpone
 d\n This event was imported from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/ev
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>POSTPONED to <strong>Sunday 19th October</strong> due to weather</p><p>&
 nbsp;</p><p>In Europe, climbing on wire ropes and ladders over, around and 
 up rock faces is very popular. It is called Via Ferrata.(by wire??)</p><p>T
 akaka Hill is now home to NZ's second Via Ferrata (the first is a private o
 ne near Wanaka) Stage 1 opened late last year and is free to access.... but
  you need to hire safety gear. (<strong>$8/person</strong> from Ngarua Cave
 s)</p><p>Stage 2 is under construction and will be a longer, more thrilling
  experience. But Stage 1 is a good test of your confidence for climbing aro
 und cliff faces.</p><p>There is a small "test climb" for people to check th
 eir confidence. If it's not for you, the Walkway offers an alternative.</p>
 <p>Let's check it out?&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline;"
 ><span color="#0432ff" style="color: #0432ff;"><a href="https://viaferrata.
 org.nz/" class=""></a><a href="https://viaferrata.org.nz/">https://viaferra
 ta.org.nz/</a></span></span></p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;
 ">PLAN</span>: Depart Nelson 8.30 am. Its about an hours drive, so I will b
 ook the safety gear for 10 am (or 10.30?) at Ngarua Caves. (That would allo
 w time for a coffee on the way for those who like a shot of caffeine.&nbsp;
  The Woolshed Cafe near the top doesn't open till October)</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
 <p>&nbsp;</p><table border='0'><tr><td class='label'>Trip Leader : </td><td
 ><div class="jev_cfuser_profile"><div class="jev_cfuser_name">Graeme Ferrie
 r</div></div>\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Phone : </td><td> 022 162 16
 76\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Email : </td><td><joomla-hidden-mail  i
 s-link="1" is-email="0" first="ZmVycmllcmcx" last="Z21haWwuY29t" text="ZmVy
 cmllcmcxQGdtYWlsLmNvbQ==" base="" >This email address is being protected fr
 om spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</joomla-hidden-mail>\n
 </td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Area : </td><td>Kahurangi National Park\n</
 td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Panic Date : </td><td>26-08-2025\n</td></tr><
 tr><td class='label'>Grading : </td><td>Select an appropriate grade for the
  hardest day on your Trip.\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Grade : </td><t
 d>Easy\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Cost : </td><td>The travel distance
 s are used to calculate the cost of a trip. The trip co-ordinator will comp
 lete these values. However, if you know the values, for example by using Go
 ogle Maps, then by all means complete. Make sure the values (double to incl
 ude return journey) are correct to be fair to the drivers and participants.
  IMPORTANT: The rate table needs to have a month and year value for cents/k
 ilometre. Trip coordinator is responsible to entering this information.\n</
 td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Cost $ : </td><td>14\n</td></tr><tr><td class
 ='label'>Sealed km (Enter the number of kms travelled on sealed roads to/fr
 om the trip) : </td><td>0\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Unsealed km (Ent
 er the number of kms travelled on unsealed roads to/from trip.) : </td><td>
 0\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Signoff : </td><td>Default is Programme,
  please set the Status to either 'Completed' or 'Cancelled' when appropriat
 e. Also enter the number of Visitor and Total numbers on your trip. Thanks.
  NOTE: When the status is Completed or Cancelled the event WON'T appear on 
 the Home page calendars.\n</td></tr><tr><td class='label'>Event Status : </
 td><td>Postponed\n</td></tr></table> <a href="https://live.nelsontrampingcl
 ub.org.nz/events/1541/takaka-hill-via-ferrata?tmpl=component">This event wa
 s imported from: https://live.nelsontrampingclub.org.nz/events/1541/takaka-
 hill-via-ferrata?tmpl=component</a>DTSTAMP:20260610T134431
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250922
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