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CAVING TALK
by Imperial College Caving Club 03 Oct '13

03 Oct '13

Hello cavers. As part of the Exploration Society's regular talks on expeditions we will be talking about our summer expedition to Slovenia. The talk will be in the Union Dining Hall<https://www.imperialcollegeunion.org/about-us/union-map> at *12pm on Thursday the 10th of October. Entry is free *and there will be free cheese and crackers and free wine (first come first serve). For the past 20 years the Imperial College Caving Club has been exploring a cave system in the Migovec mountain in Slovenia in cooperation with a local club, the JSPDT. Each year we explore more cave passage, going where no one has ever been before. It is one of the few places on Earth it is possible to do this. We will be talking about how we live on a mountain in the middle of the Triglav national park for 5 weeks, our experiences of caving at depths of nearly a kilometer and camping underground for 3 days at a time, as well as a brief summary of our interesting finds and innovations from recent years. Hopefully you can all make it and we can inspire to come caving with us, it is entirely possible for you to be pushing the limits of human exploration by this summer. For more info check out the website: https://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/slovenia/slov2013/ See you there, Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Welcome to Caving!
by Imperial College Caving Club 01 Oct '13

01 Oct '13

Hello new cavers, It was great seeing all of you at fresher's fair today. Hopefully we managed to convince a few of you to come caving with us. This introductory email will go over some of the basic information about the club. If you sign up for trips then I'll send more detailed info on what to expect closer to the time. *Tree Training* We will also be starting our weekly tree training sessions on* tomorrow at 1pm and every Wednesday after*. It will take place in Princes Gardens<https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=51.499493,-0.173132&num=1&t=m&z=18>, just look for people tangled in ropes in the trees. The sessions will teach you how to use all the necessary caving equipment to go on our later trips so it is not necessary for our fresher's trips. Come along, there's no obligation to join the club or even go on a trip, just have fun climbing and abseiling in trees. I'll also bring donuts or something similar as an added incentive. *Meetings* As usual we will be meeting at the *union bar from 7pm each Tuesday*starting on the 8th of October, its a perfect chance to find out more about caving, our club, or sign up for trips. We normally have a red caving helmet with us so you can find us. *Trips* Trips are every two weeks and the two 'Fresher's' trips cost just £15 for new members. That includes all food, transport, equipment and accommodation. It's probably cheaper to go caving than stay at home. Our upcoming trips this term are: 11-13th Oct Wales - Fresher's Trip 25-27th Oct Wales - Fresher's Trip 8-10th Nov Yorkshire 22-24th Nov Yorkshire / Derbyshire (TBA) 13-20th Dec Yorkshire To sign up just email ic.caving(a)gmail.com or find us at tree training or a pub meet. I'll email you with more details once I confirm you are on the trip. *Website and contact details* Our incredibly retro website is located here: https://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/ And a useful page of new member info is here: https://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/new_member.php Our email address is ic.caving(a)gmail.com, feel free to contact us. See you soon, Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving AGM
by Imperial College Caving Club 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hello Cavers, It's everyone's favourite time of year! The Annual General Meeting! It is happening today (19th) at 7.30pm in the union bar. Many of you may not have come caving with us this year or at all, but no matter this is the perfect opportunity to (re)introduce yourself. *Today (19th) at 7.30pm in the union bar!* Things we'll be doing: - President's report - Celebrate the successes of the club (with beer) - Treasurer's report - Celebrate our bankruptcy (with beer) - Elections - Pick the vibrant go-getting team that will inspire and lead next years cavers (beer will be involved) - Awards - Decide who is most worthy of our much sought after awards; 'Herman Herz:Lucky Escape while Caving' and 'For Evans Sake: Creative Use of Bodily Fluids' (winners will be consoled with beer) - Whatever else I've forgotten (I said beer, right?) So come one, come all for an evening of merry making and speeches, much reminiscing and misty eyed discussions of the future. I am fully expecting to see every single one of you at the AGM, lack of attendance will be noted on your record. Your humble and appreciative president, Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving
by Imperial College Caving Club 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Dear Cavers, We've had a great year of caving so far with trips to OFD<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/wales/wales-2012-10-12.php> , Aggy <https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/wales/wales-2012-10-26.php>, Yorkshire<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/yorkshire/yorkshire-2012-11-09.php> and Derbyshire<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/derbyshire/derbyshire-2012-11-23.php>. Our Winter Tour to Yorkshire<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/caving/yorkshire/yorkshire-2012-winter-tour.php> gave us the time and space to really step up the difficulty and excitement of the trips we are doing. We are planning an Easter tour to Spain to soak up the sun between delving into the massive cave systems out there. Our next trip is coming up on the 8-10th February. We're going to the Bullpot Farm in Yorkshire. There will be some technical ropework needed, but there will be trips for all abilities and no prior experience is necessary. We will most likely be exploring the Easegill cave system, the largest in the UK. However as we're now starting to do more specialised trips, this will be the *last email* you receive from this mailing list this academic year! So if you want to be kept in the loop & come caving this year, please contact us to get put on a more general 'chatter' email list. *Our upcoming Spring Term 2013 trips are:* 8 -10th Feb Bullpot(Yorkshire) - The Easegill system - an amazing combination of ropes and free climbs with over 100km of interconnected passage and the finest streamway in Britain. Something for everyone. 22-24th Feb NPC (Yorkshire) - The three-peaks, the best vertical playground under the UK. 8 -10th Mar NPC (Yorkshire) - Return to our favourite hut, for more challenging trips. As usual we will be meeting on *Tuesdays at 7.30pm in the Union bar*. ICCC ic.caving(a)gmail.com

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Caving
by Imperial College Caving Club 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Hello cavers, We had another fantastic trip the weekend before last, this time to Yorkshire. You can see the trip report and photos here: http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/yorkshire/yorkshire-2012-11-09.php Our next trip will be to *Derbyshire*, on the *23rd to 25th of November*. There are still a few places so email quickly if you want to come. In just a couple of weeks term will be over and you may be asking yourself what you are going to do with several weeks off? The answer is come caving! Our *winter tour* is on from the *14th to 23rd of December.* Come along for any or all of it. This year, we will be in Yorkshire taking in some of the most interesting caving this country has to offer. As usual we have our pub meets on Tuesday at 6pm in the union but* tree training will no longer happen.* Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving
by Imperial College Caving Club 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Hello cavers, Just another quick update. Our next trip is to *Derbyshire *on the *23rd to 25th of November *so if you would like to come, email me or come to one of our meetings. In just a couple of weeks term will be over and you may be asking yourself what you are going to do with several weeks off? The answer is come caving! Our *winter tour* is on from the *14th to 23rd of December.* Come along for any or all of it. This year, we will be in Yorkshire taking in some of the most interesting caving this country has to offer. As usual we have our pub meets on Tuesday at 6pm in the union and tree training on Wednesday at 1pm in Prince's Gardens. Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving
by Imperial College Caving Club 04 Nov '12

04 Nov '12

Hi guys, We've got some space left on our next trip, the 9th to 11th of November, This time we'll be heading off to Yorkshire on our first SRT trip of the year so it should be really good! Our last couple of trips have gone really well and we've had some fantastic trip reports and photos submitted which you can see here: http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/wales/wales-2012-10-26.php http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/wales/wales-2012-10-12.php As usual we are doing tree training every Wednesday at 1pm in Prince's Gardens. Our pub meet is normally in the union at 7.30pm on Tuesdays but this week we are doing things a little bit differently and are having an 'oversuit repair' party in one of the activity spaces in the union. Anyone is welcome to come and help out. So, if you want to come on a trip or ask any questions just reply to this email. If you have a more urgent inquiry (i.e. you cant find us at tree training) you can contact me at: 0770841020 rhystyers1(a)gmail.com Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving!
by Imperial College Caving Club 21 Oct '12

21 Oct '12

Hello cavers, We have a couple of places free on our next trip on the 26th to 28th of October (next weekend) so if you want to come, email quickly. As usual we will have our *Pub Meet * at the* Union Bar* at *7.30pm* on * Tuesday*. We have *Tree Training* at *1:00pm *in Prince's Gardens every *Wednesday. *We are doing some new things, deviations and rebelays, so come along even if you've been before (and especially if you haven't). Thanks, Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving - Events
by Imperial College Caving Club 17 Oct '12

17 Oct '12

Hello everyone, Just to remind you we've got *tree training* this afternoon (and every Wednesday) at *1:00pm* in *Prince's Gardens*. We'll probably start to do some more complicated things now, deviations and rebelays so even if you mastered prussicing and abseiling at previous sessions its worth coming to a couple more. We also just had our first trip of the term. You can read the report and look at the photos here: http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/wales/wales-2012-10-12.php If you are interested in coming on the trips the dates are: 26 - 28th Oct Wales 9 - 11th Nov Yorkshire 23 - 25th Nov Derbyshire 14 - 23rd Dec Yorkshire (Winter Tour) Our pub meets continue, *Tuesdays 7.30pm *in the union bar. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us, Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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Caving - trip this weekend
by Imperial College Caving Club 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Hello everyone, We still have a couple of spaces on this weekend's trip. If you would like to come email me. We will be meeting in *caving stores* at *6pm tomorrow*. We will get you all of your equipment packed and loaded and we aim to leave for Wales by 7.30pm. We will cave on Saturday,and Sunday (if you're still up to it) and be back by *11pm *on* Sunday*. All food, accommodation (a caving hut i.e. not camping), and transport is provided. Thanks, Rhys -- Imperial College Caving Club http://union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving ic.caving [AT] gmail.com

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