2010, nothings changed but we live underwater

Hey Guys,

Some stuff for this term.

We have four trips this term, one this coming weekend to go to North Scotland winter climbing, a very numbers limited trip. Sign up will be this Wednesday, or get in touch with me, it will cost £60 all in and be from this Friday night to next Monday night. It’s a trip only for those with winter experience. If you are not sure if this is you please ask and someone will advise as best we can.

We also have a weekend trip to the lakes, a day trip to the peaks and a weekend trip to the roaches. More info will come out for this nearer the time.

We have got some socials coming on this term. We’re going Ice skating, playing paintballing against the hikers and don’t forget the weekly social at the packhorse!
We’ve also got some cool tech tops coming out and a photography competition in the works (more next week)

That’s all for now, see ya down the pub

Love

The Committee

I may be some time...

My Brothers and Sisters.

It has been a term, can you believe that, a whole term? We’ve run 8+ trips this semester I hope everyone came on as many as they could. We’ve have a regular crew down to both the depot and the wall training hard. We’ve hit the social scene hard with a last ever viva cuba/libra jolly, an Otley run and countless pack horses. In other words we’ve had a good term!

To round it all up then, a final jolly of epic proportions. The Xmas Celidh. Seriously come to it, I can not explain how much fun dressing up and celidh dancing is (alcohol helps), tickets will be on sale for £10 this Wednesday at the Packhorse and £15 on the door on the night. Get them while they are hot.

Cotsworld are doing a 20% off thing this Thursday again, we’re invited, if you want to buy stuff for you or your family this is a great opportunity.

Next term we have two definite weekend away trips and are hoping to organise day trips as well as the possibility of some Scottish winter. You’ll get updated about them at the beginning of next year.

There was some lost property picked up from the Wales trip, get in touch with Duncan or check out the LUUMC facebook group if you wanna get some goodies – I mean reclaim some gear.

That’s it from me for this year, have a merry Xmas, a cracking new year and we’ll see you soon

Love and Kisses

The Committee

Mountaineering, dancing and lycra!

What is up dog?

Anyway, stuff you should know.

For those of you coming on the Tremadog trip, we’re meeting at the union this Friday at 6, bring the standard kit. This means sleeping bag, roll mat, climbing gear, toiletries, plate, knife, fork, warm clothes, waterproofs, more warm clothes, walking boots if you want in case we go up a mountain due to poor weather, beer, money for fish and chip on Friday night, Eric’s cafe and pub. Oh and lycra is apparently mandatory (Happy now Steve?)

Christmas Celidh tickets go on sale this week. £10 in advance for all you can (“responsibly”) drink and plenty of dancing, more details can be found here: http://www.luumc.co.uk/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=749 When I say this is the most fun you can have with your clothes on I’m not lying... But if you come naked you’ll still have a good time, promise.

This Tuesday our most keen and knowledgeable climbers, Sean and Ewan will be giving a master class in Multi pitch leading, it’s aimed at people who can already single pitch lead and just bridges the gap between the two styles, there is a facebook invitey thing here: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=175019598013 please let us know if you’re coming, Maybe is not really an answer is it? It just means no but you’re not willing to commit and I want commitment dammit!

T-Shirts are still being printed, apparently the special ink derived from rhino horn and whale spleen Sean ordered is taking a little longer to come by than normal due to green peace getting all touchy about whaling in the Antarctic (Go Japan), but they will be with us before Christmas, we’re told.

That’s all folks, sorry for the bad jokes, I’m in a good mood!

Regards

The Committee

Oooo Shiny

Evening folks,

Sorry this e-mail comes so close to sign up, the committee’s bean counting machine went on the fritz and Heinz were unable to provide one at such notice.

On a serious note – Tremadog sign up is tomorrow (Wednesday)! There are 40 places and this is all. The cost is £30 for the trip which again covers Saturday night food and both breakfasts (we will leave on Friday night). We’d like you to come down and sign up with your partner. If you do not have a partner we can try and help but this means you might end up climbing with me so not the best plan ever...

We’ll be running a session on multi pitch leading for all those people who need a bit of a guidance or a little refresher

Other things – the Christmas Celidh is coming soon! ( I am so excited I can barely keep it contained) tickets will be £10 for all you can drink, stylish dancing and classy costumes. They will go on sale the following Wednesday so get them while they are hot (Celidh is actually on the 8th )
Bouldering party this Thursday at Sean’s, also a 20% off night the same night at Nevisport.

For more details on any of these hot topics see the forums

That’s it folks, Get Involved!

The Committee

Next 2 trips

Hey Guys,

Just some info on the two upcoming trips.

This weekend we have a day trip running to Millstone. Millstone while being a very nice crag has only VERY hard routes there, it starts at about VS and then just gets harder. As a result we are aiming this trip at people who can climb this kind of level. Sign up for this trip will be on Wednesday, cost will be around the £5/£10 mark just to cover fuel and transport costs.

The following Wednesday we will be signing up for Tremadog, price to be confirmed but it should be around the £25 mark +/- £5. Tremadog and surrounding areas are multipitch crags. This means that it is harder for people to be supervised while we climb and it is very difficult to teach at the crag. We are therefore asking that if you come along you find a climbing partner before sign up, this is the person who you will climb with all weekend. One of the two of you must be able to lead for obvious reasons and it is a positive if your partner can lead belay. If you are unsure if you meet this standard get in touch with someone from the committee or have a chat with one of us down the Packhorse. Also when it comes to finding a partner the packhorse is a perfect venue to ask around, or if you are afraid of face to face human contact the F-book group or the website forums are a must visit!

If you have never multi-pitched before please don't be put off, we'll do our very best to find someone for you to climb with, everyone's gotta do it for a first tiem right? Even if it hurts.

Love

The Committee

News & Updates

Hey all,

Your weekly dose of mountaineering updates are here as ever.

First off peak trip, if you got your name down well done, we plan to leave from the union steps at 8:30 on the Saturday – we know that this is early but we want to make the most of the daylight, bring the same set of gear as last trip and don’t forget we’ll be providing the food for everything apart from lunches! We will aim to be back about 7 on Sunday for post trip curry.

Some lost property still from the Northumberland trip, someone left some PJs, a lunchbox, a pair of rock shoes and possibly a pashmina. If you think any of these bits could be yours get in touch.

Stuff ordered from MI is coming in, Sean should be letting you know when and where to pick your gear up from. But if a Sam Smith could get in touch with me that would be great, we don’t have any contact details for you it seems.

Still some spaces left on the first aid courses, details of them can be found on the front page of the website and also winter Conville courses are available, these teach basic winter skills for a very small amount of money and are worth trying to get on to, entry for applications closes on the 7th so if you’re interested get your skates on. More details available on the forums or front page of website.

That is all folks, hope you all have a good week see ya Wednesday

The Committee

News & Updates

Hey all,

Your weekly dose of mountaineering updates are here as ever.

First off peak trip, if you got your name down well done, we plan to leave from the union steps at 8:30 on the Saturday – we know that this is early but we want to make the most of the daylight, bring the same set of gear as last trip and don’t forget we’ll be providing the food for everything apart from lunches! We will aim to be back about 7 on Sunday for post trip curry.

Some lost property still from the Northumberland trip, someone left some PJs, a lunchbox, a pair of rock shoes and possibly a pashmina. If you think any of these bits could be yours get in touch.

Stuff ordered from MI is coming in, Sean should be letting you know when and where to pick your gear up from. But if a Sam Smith could get in touch with me that would be great, we don’t have any contact details for you it seems.

Still some spaces left on the first aid courses, details of them can be found on the front page of the website and also winter Conville courses are available, these teach basic winter skills for a very small amount of money and are worth trying to get on to, entry for applications closes on the 7th so if you’re interested get your skates on. More details available on the forums or front page of website.

That is all folks, hope you all have a good week see ya Wednesday

The Committee

Conville Courses

The Conville Trust are again offering subsidised winter courses in Scotland, and the application deadline has been extended to 7th November.

If you're thinking of getting out this winter, this course is well worth applying for. It teaches you all the basics of looking after yourself in the winter mountains, and at £70 for 2 days, its a bargain!

Have a look at the website for more details and for the application form.

http://www.pyb.co.uk/courses/conville-scottish.php

"This winter the Trust is offering subsidised winter training courses based in the Cairngorms. These courses are specially designed to give a sound introduction to the techniques needed for moving on snow and ice - both in Britain in winter and in the Alps. The course will include use of crampons and ice axes, belaying and rope work, avalanche assessment and other topics related to Winter Mountains.

Each course place costs approximately £150, yet trainees are only charged £70. The Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust provides approximately £3000 to subsidise these courses and Plas y Brenin absorbs the costs associated with delivering the courses along with the BMC who also contribute financially."

I have mentioned these to a number of people, if you are interested in alpine or scotish mountaineering these are a must. Get involved.

The Committee

More info!

Hello everyone!

Just a few pieces of info to pass on!

Firstly the Peak trip weekend will be signing up this Wednesday. The cost will be £20. Further details can be found on the website! Hopefully the sign up process will be a lot less painful than last time!

After the sign up we’re going down to the Fav for some drinks, make sure you get involved.

After the madness of the last few weeks there is less to tell you about, however there are still some places on the first aid course available so if you are interested get in touch. Also on the 8th of December we have our Xmas Celidh, just telling you now so you can keep that date free. It seriously is the best night of the year – dancing, all you can drink booze and silly games! I’ll remind you enarer the time so don’t panic!

That’s all for now

The Committee

RAIN

hey
unfortunatly it predicted to piss down on saturday so the trip has been cancelled.
if any of you fancy going down to the wall instead its open from 10.
although you will have to sort out partners between yourselves.

hasta la vista