Welcome 2013 - 2014

Hi All,

We are the committee and would like to welcome you to the mountaineering club!
This year we have lots of trips planned to get out among the Munros (and hopefully tick some off in the process), get out climbing (teaching for the first few weeks) and hopefully to make everyone feel welcome.
Here is some information about us and why we run the Mountaineering Club:

Name: Rico Fischer
Nationality: German (honorary Scot)
Age: 21
Position: Secretary
Joined the club because: I love climbing
You can ask me: Anything about the club, the activities we hold, what is up next or psychology. If I don’t know the answer I can still point you in to the right direction
Experience: six years of hiking, two years of climbing, one season of mountaineering

Name: Kristopher Ruddick
Age: 23
Position: Moneyman & driver
Joined the club because: I wanted to go higher and further, and the club literally helped me to do that.
You can ask me: About finances for the club, any other aspect of it or any training courses and funding available.
Experience: years beyond count of hiking, and two years serious mountaineering. I’m also a casual indoor climber.

Name: Thomas Carr
Age: 20
Position: President
Joined the club because: I wanted to continue to walk and climb while not interrupting my studies too much. I also love getting outside especially away from the hustle and bustle that is Glasgow.
You can ask me: Anything really, what we do, the structure of the club trips, suggestions for kit and where is best to buy it, how to read a map… etc
Experience: 10 - 15 years hill walking, 4 years mountaineering and 4 - 5 years (off and on) climbing.

We hope that you come to the meetings and enjoy your time in the Mountaineering Club and get as much out of it as we do.

Thanks
Your Committee
Tom, Kris, Rico

Navigation Skills

Glenmore Lodge recently uploaded some really useful videos to help with this. Below is the YouTube playlist for the basics of navigation:


Once you know roughly what you are doing then you can start to sharpen up those skills, there is some advice on the following YouTube playlist:



As navigation is an essential skill for Mountaineering or Climbing, it is advised that everyone have some knowledge of how to navigate, these videos are a good starting point. If you have any questions you can contact us, our info is on the Contact Us section of this blog.

Freshers Fayre

This week marks the beginning of the Academic Year 2013/21014. With this comes a new year for the mountaineering club with many a new (and old) mountain to master, many a lesson to learn and many a skill to acquire, both within mountaineering and climbing.
As every year we were at the freshers fayre today and will be back there on Wednesday from 10am to 3pm.
Today we already met many interesting people who decided to sign up with us this year. We are very happy about the 40-odd members we already have on our mailing list and are looking forward to a great year with them all. Hopefully the number will grow a little more on Wednesday when we will be back for another round.

Our very first meeting will kick off on Wednesday, the 2nd of October at 1pm in M142. Though we will send out information to all members that we have the names of on our list if anybody else wants to join then feel free to come along to this meeting.

We will cover everything that is important for this year, including equipment, trips and safety. Further you will be able to sign up to our first trip of the year which will take place on Saturday, the 5th of September. This trip will be free of charge.

Again, we from the committee are looking forward to a great year with all members!

Cheers,

Tom, Kris and Rico