UPDATED 09/02/10

POSTONED!!!

Dates: April 10/11

Location: Pennant Hills, Lane Cove National Park

A message from UTSOAC about the Remote First Aid course (the dates will be the weekend on the 23-24th of this month)

“We’ve got 5 people from the club interested so far – I’m going to hassle a few more via email now. We’ve got some interest from SUBW as well – but if anyone else from SURMC is keen, please get them to call me.

To confirm your participation in the course, please transfer $275 payable to:
UTS Outdoor Adventure Club
BSB 062010
Acc number – 28006384

More details to come.”

Latest email from WildAid:

“The third day of the course would cost an extra $75 per person incl-GST making the total $350 incl-GST.

Our minimum number stands for this extra day, being ten people.

There is an inherent issue with having a some people finish after two days, and others continue to three – the course loses some coherency as a result, but ultimately it is your decision.

I would suggest though an all-or-nothing approach to this extension.

I will need to know your decision soon as the venue will need to be arranged.

With regard to venue, is Pennant Hills OK? This location gives us access to the back to Lane Cove National Park – it is an excellent site.”

If you’re interested email Marty Middlebrook (marty.middlebrook@gmail.com) and register yourself below

Also, if you have any thoughts about the location or doing the third day, add it to the comments below

Further notice from Marty (editted to repeated or irrelevant information…)

“I have 7 confirmed attendees for the Wild Aid Course & 3 pending. We are allowed to have more than this……

…a minimum $100 deposit to secure your place will be required for further correspondence

To those who have paid – the question has been raised if we want to extend the course at a cost of an extra $75 to cover 3 days of material.
This could be done in two ways – a longer Saturday Sunday course OR a third day on the following weekend.

Please respond ASAP as I need to confirm participants with Wild Aid.”

IMPORTANT: Please register your interest for the trip using the form below

Who’s already registered?

Total Attendees: 1

Hi Everyone,

We’ve had this website for about a year now and it’s probably due for a bit of a face lift! It would be great to get some feedback from YOU the user’s to find out what it’s missing, what’s working well/not so well etc. So please have a think about the following broad topics and post your suggestions as a comment on the post.

• Design/Graphics/Layout – colour scheme? new logo? font suggestion?
• Trips Section – sign up form ok? trip details provide enough info? enough info to post your own trip?
• Overall content – need more pics? more pages w/ info – eg. where to get gear etc? can you find what you need too?

I’ll kick off by writing the first comment – please be brutal it wont hurt my feelings!

Yours in Binary,

Georgi – SURMC’s 1337 h4×0r

UPDATED!!!

Due to a confluence of events the SURMC end of year party is THIS SATURDAY 24TH OCTOBER 7PM. Apologies for the late notice, I hope most people can make it still.

Its at James’ house in Stanmore; after party update…one of you lot are going to have to put me up for a while until I find somewhere new to live j/k

For $5 entry there will be beer, soft drink, pizza, snacks provided. BYO anything else/extra.

There will be a projector so collect all your photos for the year and bring them on a memory stick so we can reminisce. There will be photo and writing competitions, I will be attempting to make back to back wins in the writing comp, though I hope it will not be by default this time…We will try to put them up on the night but preview/submit writing comp entries on the forum to make it easier to read them.

SURMC members only.

Feel free to bring an mp3 player for music.

For those that are wondering the Pt Perp trip has been cancelled for this weekend due to rain and may be on next weekend.

Hope everyone can make it! Please spread the word!

IMPORTANT: Please register your interest for the trip using the form below

The event have ended - no more registrations are allowed.

Who’s already registered?

Total Attendees: 6

The Last Round of Voting is Now Open

It closes on the last Friday of the month, 30th October

www.gore-tex.com.au/gear

You can go into the running to win a Gore-Tex ® Paclite Limited Edition Jacket.

The Second Rounder Jacket went to someone who voted for me so the next one could go to you!

Thanks for all your support!
Sean

Looking down Megalong Valley from Mr Big

Disclaimer:  I have no idea how to use this thing so if it comes out weird I apologise.

Tom, Kate, Lachlan and I (Sean) set out early Saturday morning, as the second dust storm in a week settled across a Sydney morning.  We could have taken it as an omen for a week filled with unusual happenings and twists, but instead we lamented this was the lame little brother of the first dust storm.  The trusty tarago, stuffed with gear, chuffed up the hills as we watched the Sydney disappear into a mustardy haze below us.

The Tarago already to go

After stopping at Blackheath for pies and supplies we headed to Mount York campground and pitched our tents, including Kate’s Sad Tent.  After only the first night Sad Tent was abandoned by Kate, and put on suicide watch as result.  We then hit possibly the worst crag any of us had been to at New York.  As the temperature dropped and the sun set we all through it would be a great idea to go for some night bouldering.  Unfortunately we had not reconed the area earlier.  The highlight was definitely Pinkie’s raincoat. Read the rest of this entry »

By Fiona Cunningham aka. HexKisser
with a few additions by Georgi Knox aka TradFace.

The SURMC Women’s Trip for semester 2 began bright and early on Saturday morning with Fiona and Georgi cruising over to the Ledge to find Katie, Kate and Aline waiting amongst the hockey players for their ride to Barrenjoey. After a short stop in a North Sydney bakery for coffee and snacks (eat your heart out, Blackheath Bakery!) the girls motored up to Palm Beach in perfect weather and then headed across the beach, through the water and up to the crag.

The high tide approach

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SURMC were victorious for the second year running in the annual interclub climbing competition, becoming the first club to win the newly introduced “Manky Cam” trophy. Highlights for our club included winning both of the team challenges and having several of our climbers placing in the individual categories. The team challenges provided much entertainment and great team spirit as each club urged their representatives on for both a tent setup race and a ropes pursuit course.

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The second annual interclub climbing comp between SURMC, UTS OAC and UNSWOC will be held this Wednesday (2nd September) at the Ledge, starting at 6pm. Last year’s event was a lot of fun and I encourage everyone to come along and help defend the title we won last year as the winning club overall. There will be prizes for the mens and womens, beginner and open divisions, and of course a prize for the winning club. The scoring system will reward participation, so we need as many members to come along as possible. Despite the competitive aspect, the emphasis is very much on fun, with novelty and team challenges that give everyone the chance to try something different from a normal evening at the Ledge. A BBQ and snacks will be provided and and the entry fee is just the usual $5 for club members on a Wednesday evening.

I look forward to seeing everyone there!