November 2019 - ICU-Caving-Announce

Winter Tour!
by Imperial College Caving Club 11 Dec '19

11 Dec '19

Hi humans, We are rapidly approaching Winter Tour! *Overview* - From 13th - 20th December - You don't have to attend the whole thing - SRT knowledge required - Very good value for money - E-mail to sign up *What is it?* Winter tour is a week spent caving in the Yorkshire Dales.This is a great way to practice your SRT in the best vertical caves the UK has to offer. There'll be 5-6 possible trips including the classic Gaping Gill which features the highest unbroken waterfall in the UK and a massive main chamber - a real must see! The tour is a great opportunity to put your advanced tree training to practice, and even learn to navigate your way through a cave. You may even be honoured by the gift of a bag of wet rope to drag through the cave! *Logistics* We will be staying at the Northern Pennine Club's Greenclose Cottage in North Yorkshire. If you haven't been then you'll be glad to know that there's a great kitchen, wood fire, warm showers, cosy bunk rooms, and a great drying room so you aren't caving in wet gear all week! We'll drive up on Friday 13th December. The bus will be driving back sometime (~afternoon) on the 20th December so you can hopefully all get back home in time for Christmas! *Transport* *Minibus* - There will be 12 spaces in the 15 seater minibus, the rest of the space is used for all the rope, food and caving gear. Please get in touch if you would like a space there or back. *Train* - The closest train station is Clapham, North Yorkshire. The station is about 30 minutes walk away but if you arrive in the evening or early morning we can arrange to pick you up. Train expenses are your own. It is likely worth checking with us if anyone is driving on the same days as you as cheaper trains may be possible. *Kit* You will need to bring a sleeping bag, kit will be packed the Tuesday before hand. Some things that come in handy will be some hiking boots, a synthetic (non-cotton) set of thermals/just a top and a buff (highly useful especially for long hair) or balaclava. Uniqlo Heattech thermals have a good reputation in the club - there's a Uniqlo on High Street Ken where you can get a thermal top for ~£15. Chat to us in the bar on a Tuesday or email here for some more advice on what to buy. *Cost* Trip fee's are worked out per person, but the minibus costs will be split equally because we need it to bring all the gear to Yorkshire that everyone will be using. Previously the trip has cost £90-£110 for the full week and £50-£60 for half a week *Sign Up* If you want to sign up then please reply to this email. Let me know your travel arrangements and dates you plan on attending. Also please let me know your phone number so we can contact you. Thanks, Jennifer *ICCC President* -- Imperial College Caving Club <http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving> if you no longer want to receive emails from us unsubscribe here https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/icu-caving-announce and scroll to the bottom of the page

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Yorkshire 2 Trip
by Imperial College Caving Club 21 Nov '19

21 Nov '19

Hiya Cavers, *tldr*; - Trip to Yorkshire 29th-31st November (£37) - Planned caves are Notts 1 & 2 - You need to come to tree training if you want to go on the trip - Email to ask for a place before buying the trip fee - Join our Facebook group It's time to think about Yorkshire! We'll be leaving on Friday 8th November and getting back late on the Sunday. *Tree Training* If you want to come on this trip, or any of our trips to Yorkshire or Derbyshire, you'll need to come along to tree training to learn how to use ropes in the caves! We'll be in Princes' Gardens on Wednesdays from 1 - 5 pm to teach you all you need to know. *Yorkshire* "North Yorkshire is the classic caving region in Britain for vertical caving, including probably the most famous cave entrance Gaping Gill a massive 110m shaft. The rugged beauty of the moors provides a stunning backdrop to an enormous choice of exciting potholes. A favourite with existing members for practising rope skills." *The Trip* The trip will cost £37 and this covers all accommodation, travel, equipment hire and food for the weekend! If you haven't already bought membership for the club, you'll also need to buy that on the union shop before you can purchase the trip fee. The trip fee will appear sometime before the trip, I'll send out another email when that occurs, please don't buy it until we have confirmed you have a place. We'll set off in one of the union minibuses after lectures on Friday and stop at a supermarket to buy food and booze for the weekend. The drive is long but there'll be bangin' tunes and good company to make the time fly. We'll be staying at the NPC caving hut (a cottage for cavers) in North Yorkshire. The caving cottages have bunk rooms, toilets, a kitchen and showers, as well as somewhere to dry your caving kit. This hut is a second home to many of us and we love it dearly. The cave on Saturday will be Notts 1! This is a classic Yorkshire cave with multiple routes down and opportunities to take a different route on the way out. Apparently its "well social" as you can hear the different groups. On Sunday we shall be going to Notts 2 which I am told is very fun and involves scaffolding; a "playground for adults". All trips do tend to Kingsdale however so there is chance you may end up at one of the many fantastic caves there. If you want to know more about our trips in general - check out our website here <https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/>. *Sign Ups* If you want to come on this trip, please respond to this email! Make sure you come to tree training on Wednesday as well so we know you've done all the SRT techniques. There are limited spaces so I recommend deciding if you're interested sooner rather than later! *Facebook Group* If you haven't signed up to our Facebook group, you may be missing info on social events etc. You can join the group here <https://www.facebook.com/groups/imperialcaving/?ref=group_header>. Hope to see you all underground very soon! Thanks, Jennifer *ICCC President* Unsubscribe here https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/icu-caving-announce scroll to the bottom to unsubscribe -- Imperial College Caving Club <http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving>

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CHECC
by Imperial College Caving Club 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Hi all, *Tldr:* - *CHECC Forum - 22nd - 24th November * - *T-shirts <https://checc.org/reserve-a-t-shirt/>, I'm happy to collect for people* - *reply to this email to come / tell me to pick up a t-shirt* CHECC = The Council of Higher Education Caving Clubs The CHECC forum is basically a weekend where university caving clubs from around the UK meet up for lots of drinking, dancing and general socialising. I do also plan on trying to get a small group together for caving on Saturday. There are also training sessions held on the Saturday and Sunday which can be really interesting and useful. There will be caving game competitions on the Saturday night featuring Pot and Sling, Squeeze Machine, Knot tying and more! Tickets for CHECC are £27 each so this trip will be more expensive than usual at £42. I'll be booking the tickets Thursday evening next week so dropping out after that point will be charged unless someone takes your place. *Info from the CHECC website:* "This year CHECC will take place at Parkwood outdoors (Dolygaer), we will have access to the Lodge which will be our main indoor space with 44 beds and 2 communal spaces. The learning centre which will act as our training centre during the day and ‘The Break Room’ after 9 pm. We will also have a marquee for some extra space away from the elements, we recommend you all bring tents as we can’t guarantee accommodation for everyone but also please share as camping space is limited." *Competitions with lots of shiny prizes:* *Your club over the last year?* Write a short piece about what your club has been up to over the last year. Tell us everything from fresher trips, expeditions and holidays, interesting or unique trips, and any difficulties you’ve had that the BCA or CHECC could help with. Prize £75 cash prize – Sponsored by BCA. writing our entry here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LEE06C8hZ16HYJXgTra4vUzGZdrEKPoS58IvVDC…> - please contribute any amusing things you remember :) *Photography Competition* Show us your best snaps from the last year! From the funny to serious, we want to see them all! What’s the worse that could happen, you could win an AV Waist bag. Sponsor – AV. *Caving Article Fit For National Geographic* Write an article suitable for publication in National Geographic (there have been quite a few articles on caving recently if you need any inspiration). Articles concerning any aspect of speleology are allowed! The inclusion of photos, drawings, and anecdotes are encouraged! Prize is a 1 year subscription to the magazine. *Photography Workshop* Stu Gardiner has kindly offered his time once again in running CHECC’s Cave Photography Workshop. Budding cave photographers can work with Stu over the Saturday to learn and refine their photography skills and apply them underground. The best photo from the workshop will be chosen on Sunday! Prize for the winner is a Fenix HL55 (thanks Fenix!) *Best Fresher’s Trip Report - this one will be great to have an entry in!* So you’ve just started your university adventure and you decide to join the caving club? Good choice, welcome on behalf of CHECC! Would you like to win yourself your first bit of caving kit? Well, tell us about one of your trips underground to be in with a chance of winning yourself a shiny new helmet! Plus, you get to pick the size and the colour. Prize: Boreo Helmet. Sponsored by Petzl. *BEC advertisement* Write a letting agent style For more info go to the website checc.org or join the CHECC facebook group *T-shirts* You can reserve your T-Shirt here <https://checc.org/reserve-a-t-shirt/>, they’ll be going for £10 each at the forum. You have until the 14th to reserve your T-shirt and be guaranteed one as the checc committee will be placing the order then. If you want one but will not be coming to CHECC, reserve one and I will be happy to pick it up for you, please chuck me the tenner to pay for it though. Reply to this email telling me if you're doing this and tell me your t-shirt size please. Yours till the final bottle of gin, Jennifer *ICCC President* -- Imperial College Caving Club <http://union.ic.ac.uk/caving> Unsubscribe here https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/icu-caving-announce scroll to the bottom to unsubscribe

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