Hi Everyone<br><br>Hope the exams went well for you and you're enjoying your time off. A quick reminder about the indoor trips:<br><br>Dynamic rock starts on <b>THIS MONDAY</b>. Meet outside fulton house at 5:30pm, trip cost is £7.50.<br>
Uni wall sessions started last night and continue every <b>THURSDAY</b>. Meet at 7:00pm at the uni wall, cost is £1.50<br><br>Now then<br><br>The next outdoor trip is the learn to lead trad trip to Morlais Quarries. If you want to learn to lead trad please read carefully below.<br>
<br><u><b>Cost</b></u><br>The trip cost is <b>£6</b> and not the usual 5. This is to cover the costs of the teachers giving up their free time to teach trad.<br><br><u><b>Numbers</b></u><br>Currently set to 16, it may increase with more driver response. As this is primarily for learners this sign up will be prioritised for drivers and teachers first, then learners, then anyone else who wants to second some routes.<br>
<br>Ill be signing up the teachers and drivers who have already offered to help first, and then the sign up sheet will open at <b>5:00pm on Saturday (tomorrow)</b>. This initial sign up period will be for learners ONLY. If you want to learn to lead trad, sign up, and in the comments box please write '<u>I want to lead trad</u>'. <b>If you do not write this in the box, your name will be REMOVED!</b><br>
>From <b>Wednesday</b> onwards the remaining places will be opened to EVERYONE. From Wednesday onwards you don't need to add anything to the box and your name will not be removed.<br><br>Seconders please be aware though, you will be put with groups (possibly your friends though) who are learning trad so you wont get as much climbing done as a normal trip. This doesn't mean that your day will be boring though (see here: <a href="http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=153255).">http://www.ukclimbing.com/logbook/c.php?i=153255).</a>..<br>
<br><u><b>Curriculum</b></u><br>Only the basics will be taught on very easy grades here. We will teach you how to set up a rope (dynamic) belay on a single pitch route, what a good gear placement is, the importance of rope drag reduction and if time permits anything else you come across. You need to be a competent indoor sport leader and be able to lead belay. The reason for this competency is indoor sport routes have frequent bolts that are secure and simple to clip. With trad routes, its uncommon to get all 3 of these factors on a route to the same degree as an indoor route i.e. good gear with long run outs or lots of marginal gear etc. Please understand that trad climbing is ALOT more dangerous then leading sport indoors.<br>
<br><u><b>Kit list</b></u><br>Stuff you'll need whether your a teacher, learner or seconder:<br><br>Sensible climbing clothes IE NOT JEANS<br>Waterproofs<br>Warm clothing!<br>Approach shoes/boots for the walk in<br>Harness<br>
Shoes<br>Helmet<br>Food<br>Drink<br>Money for food afterwards<br>Hats + Gloves (Optional)<br><br><u><b>Meeting times</b></u><br>Due to Morlais being a bit out of the way, We'll be meeting at <b>Fulton house at 7:50am</b>! and leaving promptly at 8:00am. We'll be getting back to campus at about 7:00pm at the latest.<br>
<br>I think thats everything, if you need to know anything more ping me an E-mail and I'll get back to you<br><br>Matt Ev<br><br><br clear="all">SUMC Committee<br><br>--<br>Web: <a href="http://www.sumc.org.uk">http://www.sumc.org.uk</a><br>
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