******************* 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. ******************* *Sign Up Now! * *Winter Tour: 13-20th December* With only 3 weeks to go, the Winter break countdown has begun! Start your holidays with a bang by signing up for the Winter Tour! There will be *15 spaces* in the minibus leaving London, as well as *4-8 more* in one or two personal cars picking people up from train stations, so there's *places for everyone!* Sign up now and help us organise transport, and plan meals. *How do I sign up?! Reply to this email with: * -Your full name -Any dietary requirements -Any medical conditions -An emergency contact number for your next of kin -Your CID number -Confirm you have done all 5 SRT skills, or will have by the tour -*How long you plan on staying* -And anything else you think we need to know over the course of the weekend. *If you have any medical conditions, dietary requirements, or any concerns you're not comfortable discussing over email, please speak to a committee member during kit-packing, Tree training or Friday. It's very important to us that our trips are inclusive and accessible, so we're happy to make accommodations. Until we're snowed in at the NPC, Chris ICCC President On Fri, 8 Nov 2024 at 13:00, Imperial College Caving Club < ic.caving@gmail.com> wrote:
Desperate for more SRT?? This is the trip for you!!
Good afternoon cavers, As we pass the half-way point of the first term, the Winter Tour is fast approaching! Don't miss your chance to register your interest...
*What is Winter Tour?* Winter Tour is our big Christmas trip! As usual, we pack the minibus full of kit, and head up to yorkshire, but this time for* a whole week!!* Not everyone stays the whole time (particularly if you're employed), but regardless of how long you stay, prepare for:
- *Longer, and more exciting trips *- Push yourself and test your skills! Visit Gaping Gill? - *Photography trips -* Learn the art of lighting, and get awesome pics to show your friends and family! - *More SRT, More Cave, More Fun - *Watch yourself improve over the week and enter spring term a *pro caver!* - *Rigging and Rescue Practise - *We have 6 places available for rescue training with the one and only: *TONY SEDDON!!* - *Christmas Dinner - *One evening we will enjoy a lavish and luxurious christmas dinner, as well as a week of gastric delights planned by *club chef Thurston*
*What do I need?* Enthusiasm, Excitement, and the Christmas spirit! The requirements are the same as our usual freshers SRT trips, so you need: *No Experience - No Equipment - Buuuut... SRT is required* So get yourself down to tree training!! There are *5 sessions left this term!!!*
*How will it work?*
*Kit packing - *We will meet in *stores on Thursday (12/12/2024) at 17:00 to pack kit*. You do not need any equipment of your own, we will provide everything you could possibly need in a cave.
*Transport - *We will set off in the minibus on *Friday evening around 17:30 *from outside Beit Halls and return the following Friday evening.
*Food - *We will meal plan in advance, and have our huge order delivered direct to the hut!
*Caving - *There will be trips of all sorts running everyday! We will visit a huge variety of caves and systems, and you'll get to know Yorkshire like never before! There are lots of different caves for us to visit on this trip, so check out some of our previous Winter Tours on our website! Imperial College Caving Club <https://imperialcaving.com/>
*Accommodation - *We will be staying at the The NPC <https://northernpennineclub.org.uk/>. Their hut has a large kitchen and living room, plenty of bunk beds, toilets, and showers!
*Logistic and cost?*
Per day, Winter Tour is cheaper than our weekend trips! The cost is divided between everyone, and you wIll only pay for the days you stay. We have also applied for* Union Trip funding* which should provide *a big discount for students!* Last year Winter tour cost only £115 for the whole week (food, transport, and accommodation all included)! (what a bargain right??)
Of course, the tour is quite close to Christmas, so not everyone can stay the whole week, but that's fine! We are staying only a 5-minute drive from Clapham (N. Yorkshire) station where trains run regularly to wherever you need to be!
Winter Tour is easily one of my favorite club trips, and it's an amazing chance to push your skills and try new things! I strongly recommend it! The signup will be released closer to the date, but if you'd like to show your interest and give us a better idea on numbers that would be great. Please don't hesitate to ask us any questions about the cost or logistics either, Winter Tour is really important to us as it lets us pass skills on through the club, and we'd love to share them with you!
Check out some of last years trips, reports, pictures and Matti's famous, and definitely real, trip to Shuttleworthon our website: Yorkshire Winter Tour | Imperial College Caving Club <https://imperialcaving.com/article/yorkshire-2023-12-15>
Until we leave Imperial to live in the NPC, Chris ICCC President -- Imperial College Caving Club <https://imperialcaving.com/>
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