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SUMMARY:Beginners XC ski trip!
DESCRIPTION:If you like skiing (or think you might) and exploring the outdo
 ors\, then this is the trip for you!\n\nThe snow cover is great atm\, so w
 e'll be heading down to the Selwyn area\, where it is nice and flat and ea
 sy to learn. The trip will be over three/four days to try and make better 
 use of the long drive down (~5hrs). Leaving Friday night\, arriving back M
 onday night. We will be camping in the snow\, so make sure you have all yo
 ur warm gear and plenty of food.\n\nThe primary goal is to learn how to st
 op\, turn and get up once you've fallen down. Once we have the basics our 
 time will be split between travelling to broken dam hut\, practising some 
 downhill at Selwyn\, and (if ready) climbing Tabletop mountain.\n\nIn term
 s of gear\,\n\n 	Warm clothes. This means downy\, jacket that can fit over
  the downy\, gloves\, beanie Woolen socks\, waterproof pants\, and thermal
 s.\n 	Active clothes. XC involves lots of walking up hills. You can get ho
 t. I often wear just thermals and a jacket 80% of the time.\n 	Sleeping ba
 g. needs to be comfortable at -5C\, or even a bit less.\n 	Sleeping mat. Y
 ou need this\, otherwise\, you will be sleeping on snow\, which will melt 
 and make you wet and very cold.\n 	Lots of food\, and a stove. Nothing nic
 er than hot food on a snowy winters night.\n 	Skis. This is going to be th
 e tricky part. I will discuss in the chat.\n 	Boots. I think we will just 
 hire boots from Cooma.\n 	Tent. 4 season is preferable.\n 	Water bottle. W
 ide mouth is better.\n 	Sunnies. You need this\, or your eyes will hate yo
 u.\n 	Sunscreen\n 	Toiletries. We will try to camp near the huts which hav
 e toilets\, otherwise\, it can be a bit of an ordeal.\n\nPlease message me
  to get accepted. People with 4wd cars will get priority. I don't mind if 
 you haven't skied before\, but general outdoors experience will also be pr
 eferred.\n\nPS: I'm going to run another event later in spring\, when cond
 itions are better\, up to the main range where all the mountains are. This
  is a qualifying trip for that (which is epic).
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