Woman's Hking Club, NZ
These ladies were seen at Aspiring Hut the other day. They walked in for the day. They hail from Timaru, New Zealand in the central part of the South Island. Some members of this group have been hiking together for over twenty years. Some of them were carrying beautiful walking sticks made by a local craftsman in Timaru. Some of these inspirational woman also had their sticks for the same amount of time. The average age of the group was 73 (which was later confirmed by a comment on this blog)!
Inspirational Group? Yep!
One of ladies had been at the Aspiring Backcountry Hut fifty years ago on her honeymoon. That’s the one in the back of the line with the red shirt and blue hat. The group had lunch, relaxed and started heading back down the trail, not without giving us a wave.
The next time I’m complaining about my joints or back, I’ll remember my encounter – running into this wonderful and inspirational group of mountain women.
Mountain Spirit's Blog 
29/03/2009 at 07:18 |
Hi Mtnspirit
I’ve just been chatting to my Mum who is in this group. They did the maths and the average age is actually 73 not 60…….
Cheers.
Miree.
30/03/2009 at 02:23 |
Hi Miree,
Many thanks for the update. Hmmm. I’ll change the blog article to reflect that! Great inspirational group of women.
Many Thanks,
Randall Richards
30/03/2009 at 02:27 |
Miree,
If you have any additional information on the group, I’d’ love to include that in the above article.
Thanks, Randall
18/04/2009 at 00:38 |
HI Miree,
Got the article changed, thanks for the update. R. Richards