THIS POST CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED FOR THIS YEAR. IT WILL BE KEPT UP TO DATE. This post includes information about Committee; Weekly Sessions; Memberships; Events and Trips; Training and Borrowing Equipment.
About FalClimb:
We are an inclusive, active and friendly society that provides members with the opportunity to begin their climbing journey or advance their existing skills. We offer weekly trips to indoor climmbing centres and organise outdoor trips to take your knowledge from the gym into rocky landscapes. This year will bring exciting new changes to the society, not only with our committee but also with new locations for indoor and outdoor excursions.
Our committee this year is made up of friendly climbers with varying climbing experience, ensuring that new members feel comfortable, welcomed and supported, no matter their ability.
This year's committee:
President - Tommy Haddock
Gear Secretary - Tom Shortland
Social Secretary - Saskia Pakhomoff-Roberts
Trip Secretary - Alex Burgess-Cross
Media Secretary - Izzy Rowlands
Merch Secretary - Brad Humphries
Feel free to contact us with any questions through our instagram account (_falclimb_) or our email (falclimb@gmail.com).
Weekly Sessions:
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Monday - The Tide Climbing Centre - A very popular bouldering centre (17:30 - 21:00)
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Wednesday - Barn Climbing Centre - Further away than Tide, but hosts lots of top rope and lead routes, as well as a freestanding boulder with up to 100 problems (17:30 - 22:00)
Cost of membership and what's included:
The cost of our standard membership will be £45 this year, and if you aren't a student the associate membership will be £50. To buy a membership please visit the SU Website at https://www.thesu.org.uk/organisation/6142/ The cost of the membership includes:
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Discounted entry to The Tide Climbing Centre and Barn Climbing Centre
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Covers your insurance through the BMC
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Subsidised trips to outdoor climbing locations, from the Cornish cliffs to the Welsh mountains.
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Free use of our club kit including harnesses, helmets and belay devices. As well as trad and sport climbing kit that can be borrowed (see other section).
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Socials, including beach bbqs, swimming, slacklining and of course pub tours.
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Chance to meet like-minded outdoors people at climbing sessions and socials.
Upcoming Events and Trips:
- Welcome Fayre - September 18th 2024 - A chance to chat to our committee about the society and sign up for a membership
- Beach Social - September 21st - Our first social of the academic year. A chance to meet other members in a chilled environment, bring a drink of your choice and try your hand at slacklining.
- First Tide trip - September 23rd - The first of our weekly trips to Tide. Keep a lookout on our Instagram for the minibus ticket link.
- First Barn trip - September 25th - First trip to the Barn. Again, look out for the minibus tickets being put up.
Groupchat
To join our Whatsapp group chat, message us on Instagram @_falclimb_ or come and see one of our committee members!
Training Sessions:
We are at Tide every Monday and the Barn every Wednesday, if you are interested in learning any skills like top rope or lead, then please let us know and we can teach it to you.
Also please contact us if you would like us to organise some first aid courses and Intro to Trad courses! As a committee we can't teach you these skills but with enough interest we are happy to organise locally run courses, although they will be self-funded by you.
How to borrow club equipment:
Any basic equipment such as helmets, harnesses and belay devices will be handed out during sessions and collected afterwards.
However if you want to borrow any other equipment, contact Tom Shortland or Tommy Haddock through Instagram, Whatsapp or our email to organise picking up the equipment from the club. Or alternatively approach us in person at any of our club sessions! When you take out club equipment we will take your contact details and sign out all of the kit, we will then give you a date to bring back the kit by so we can sign it back in.
We will try and accommodate what everyone's wants, however we may need kit ourselves for any planned club trips and we may ask for it back if we need it. Also you are responsible for our kit so we expect you to pay for the replacement of any equipment that's broken. Treat our equipment with care but we do know wear and tear is to be expected when climbing on granite!