******************* 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. ******************* Hello Cavers, Happy New Year! We have lots of plans for 2022: Weekend Trips, Easter Tour, Summer Expedition, Tuesdays Pub, Wednesdays Bouldering, and whatever else we want. Weekend Trips We have trips lined up every second weekend of spring term: Date Destination Details 14/01 – 16/01 Yorkshire Y2: NPC Hut 28/01 – 30/01 Yorkshire Y3: Bradford Hut 11/02 – 13/02 Mendips M2: Wessex Hut 25/02 – 27/02 Yorkshire Y4: NPC Hut 11/03 – 13/03 Yorkshire Y5: NPC Hut These trips all require SRT (rope) skills! We plan to do slightly harder caves than in autumn term, but you are still very welcome if you have not caved before. Tuesdays Pub We will continue to meet every Tuesday (from 11/01/21) at the union bar, or one of the other bars on campus. Come by from around 6pm for dinner, drinks, and caving conversation. If you can’t find us, please email or message. Wednesday Bouldering: Cavers Go Climbing Now that tree training is over, we will meet every Wednesday at 3pm at RavensWall climbing centre<https://londonclimbingcentres.co.uk/centre/ravenswall/>. Bouldering is great to build strength and skills for caving. The Student Off-Peak price is £9.00. Don’t worry if you have never climbed or bouldered before, we all teach each other and you can borrow any equipment from RavensWall. Afterwards we will probably head to a Weatherspoons or some other pub. Easter Tour We are currently working on planning our Easter Tour, which traditionally goes abroad. We are considering travelling to Ireland this year. Have a look at our website for reports of past Easter Tours<https://www.union.ic.ac.uk/rcc/caving/article/france-2019-03-24>. More details will follow soon. Summer Expedition Our expedition to the Julian Alps in Slovenia involves discovering new cave passage, camping underground, and living on top of a mountain in a national park for 5 weeks. We will have a presentation on our expedition, a.k.a. the Slov Talk, on the 20th of January. Current covid restrictions sadly mean that this talk will have to take place online. More details will follow soon! Yours till my insane neighbours stop setting off deafening fireworks, Ana ICCC President