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Hidden Earth 2024
by Imperial College Caving Club 31 Aug '24

31 Aug '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* (Not an official club trip) Salutations, Expeditioneers, Hidden Earth tickets are now on sale! For those of you who don't know, Hidden Earth is the annual conference of the British Cave Research Association (BCRA), where we normally give a presentation on our expedition. This year's conference is in Llangollen, North Wales, where Ben and I will be bragging shamelessly about our walking passages, deep pitches, and christmassy camps. To find out more, visit: Hidden Earth - The UK's National Caving Conference. <https://hidden.earth/> There is an early bird ticket, so we need to buy them all by next Friday (6th of Sep). 5 people have currently expressed an interest, which works nicely for having one car, but we could send a second if there's lots more. *When *Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd of September *Where *Llangollen Pavilion <https://hidden.earth/> *Membership* Not an official club trip, so not required *Price* Please read carefully, this could be quite expensive: Entry is £39 each for the weekend, plus £15x2 for tents, and an optional £23 and £15 for dinner and T-shirts respectively, *Plus, *whatever the travel ends up costing. Because the Union has said no to pre-term trips, there is *No Union subsidy*, though I will send a nagging email asking if we can use grant to cover entry, and if not, we will *t**ry to subsidise* the trip through other means. *Events* There is no caving! 😧 Instead, Hidden Earth has a whole range of Talks, Films, Workshops, and competitions <https://hidden.earth/lectures/> to keep you entertained. *However*, if people are *suuuuper* keen to go caving, we could try a cheeky trip, but it would probably have to be a mine, at night, with minimal kit :( *Transport and accomodation* as mentioned, probably only one car, picking people up from a station near Wrexham. Hidden Earth has a campsite which we will use, and there are shops for food in the town. *Sign Up **Please reply to this email with:* -Your full name -Any dietary requirements -Any medical conditions -An emergency contact number for your next of kin *-If you have a car you are willing to drive* *-if you are coming from anywhere other than London* -Anything else you think we need to know over the course of the weekend. * Do this by Friday!!* *Upcoming Trips:* 04/10 London Social 18/10 S. Wales Wales 1 (No SRT required) 1/11 S. Wales Wales 2 (No SRT required) Until I'm laughed off the stage for naming a pitch "*Deepthroat*", Chris -- Imperial College Caving Club <https://imperialcaving.com/>

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Yorkshire 0!
by Imperial College Caving Club 26 Aug '24

26 Aug '24

******************* This email originates from outside Imperial. Do not click on links and attachments unless you recognise the sender. If you trust the sender, add them to your safe senders list https://spam.ic.ac.uk/SpamConsole/Senders.aspx to disable email stamping for this address. ******************* (Disclaimer - not an official club trip!) Good Morning cavers, are you itching to get underground? Well good news, we're going to Yorkshire! The Union has said "No" to pre-term trips, so there won't be a minibus, or any Union subsidy, so please read the email carefully, as some things are a bit different. *When* Friday 06/09 - Sunday 08/09 *Where *Bullpot Farm <https://www.rrcpc.org.uk/wordpress/accommodation-booking/bullpot-farm> - Yorkshire *Membership* This isn't an official club trip so you don't need membership, but this years membership is live on the website if you'd like to get it now -> Caving | Imperial College Union <https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/activities/a-to-z/caving> Price there is *no union** subsidy* for this trip, so here is the current plan for expenses: *Food and accommodation* - split amongst everyone (about £22-£28) *Travel* - paid individually / split amongst those you travel with This is not set in stone, so I'm open to other suggestions. (i.e. driving from London with everyone else's kit is expensive...) SRT You need to know *Single Rope Technique* (SRT) to join this trip. This means being able to: -Ascend -Descend -Change over -Pass a Deviation -Pass a Rebelay Don't know SRT? Don't worry! "Tree Training" runs all through the first term where you can come and learn. *Sign up! Please reply to this email with: * -Your full name -Any dietary requirements -Any medical conditions -An emergency contact number for your next of kin *-Where you'll be traveling from and: if you have a car, need a lift, or can give a lift* -Anything else you think we need to know over the course of the weekend. *How the trip works* Those in London who need kit will do some packing either on Tuesday 3rd of Friday 6th for themselves and anyone who can't make it. On Friday, a car in London will be packed with as much kit as will fit and begin the slow slog up to Yorkshire. Another car will do a food shop for everyone, and somehow the scattered members of ICCC will magically and chaotically convene at Bullpot Farm! Saturday and Sunday we will likely try some harder caving trips, cook breakfast together, and a Saturday night dinner. Sunday evening we will scatter, and by the same miracle which we arrived, will end up back where we came from! Kit unpacking and washing will probably be the following Tuesday. (Once attendance is confirmed, we can figure out the details of transport) *Upcoming trips* *Date Destination Details* 22/09 N. Wales Hidden Earth 04/10 London Social 18/10 S. Wales Wales 1 (No SRT required) 1/11 S. Wales Wales 2 (No SRT required) Until my third *mega-pint* of the evening, Chris ICCC President -------- ps. Pub Nights will be starting again soon, but you can stay tuned to the group chat (https://chat.whatsapp.com/GQWF1ZlOVTk54ofa808IME) as a few people might be there for kit packing/unpacking before then. ------- Also, why not Check out our website <https://imperialcaving.com/>?

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