Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria College, Wellington, N.Z. Vol. 8, No. 11. August 8, 1945

Rock and Ruin

Rock and Ruin

A small party of trampers and a rope spent a Sunday recently at Titahi Bay, ostensibly in preparation for a trip to the Southern Alps next summer. After being hauled over the top of the pinnacle, with only faith in their fellow trampers to assure them that at least one end of the rope is still attached to something resembling Mother Earth, they still maintain that rock-climbing is the noblest of all sports, for does it not build the body, uplift the soul, soothe the mind and strengthen the ties of friendship (bowlines in this case) all in one operation? You should try it sometime.