Hi all, SURMC would like to welcome all new and returning members for 2010. With the start of the uni semester we’ve got lots of things coming up including the sale of the new SURMC t-shirts and singlets, Wednesday night climbing sessions at the Ledge (and dinner at the Flodge afterwards) and a good number of outdoor climbing trips. First off is O-week, where you can come along to our stall and ask about the club, sign up, buy the new t-shirts or just have a chat.

Upcoming events in March include:

• Climbing at the Ledge every Wednesday evening from 5pm (followed by dinner at the Flodge [Forrest Lodge Hotel])
• Beginner climbing trip to Barrenjoey Head – 6th of March
• Beginner climbing trip to the Dam Cliffs (Blue Mountains) – 13th of March
• Beeroulderlining (Beer, Bouldering and Slacklining) socail afternoon – 28th of March

Many more trips are planned and details will be added to the website as they come up.

The long awaited SURMC t-shirts and singlets are finally here and will be available from the O-week stall or at the Ledge on Wednesday evenings. Those who ordered specific colours and sizes have had them set aside so ask for your order (there is a list). if you want something different from what you ordered that’s OK but make sure to let us know so we can put the garments set aside for you up for general sale. The shirts are available for $15 for one and $25 for two if they are for the same person.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the rock!

Michael L

TR: Mt Buffalo, I hope this inspires many more memorable adventures for the rest of the year.

Attendees: Mike and James.

To me adventurous climbing is where its at. It doesn’t have to be dangerous or hard. Just a full day out in a spectacular location where you can get up high. To me that’s real rock climbing. Summer brings longer days and potential for longer climbs, but the enjoyment goes down when I get cooked. Also I don’t think I look so good in red.

I’m eager to poke around the Warrumbungles but a trip in summer would probably leave me wrinkly sun-dried. Buffalo provides a cooler alpine option and granite slabbing is something I don’t get to do much. Mike had time to go on the Australia day long weekend but wasn’t able to make the trip when others had planned to go at the beginning of February, so I agreed to join him.

We left Sydney at around 4:30pm on Friday and arrived at the river near Porepunkah at about 1am. Mike slept in the car and I stretched out next to the river. With a dead rat just up the road and a lot of low ground cover I thought I might have a few furry friends that night but they didn’t come to visit.

The view from the park entrance

We drove up the mount to Lake Catani for breakfast then headed out to the Cathedral for a bit of climbing. In the afternoon we had planned to scope out the gorge and Where Angels Fear to Tread (17) before making a run at it the next day, my main reason for coming this far. I was skeptical but Mike assured me we would be back to the car for lunch so I postponed my need to unblock myself and didn’t bring much water or food up to the crag. Big mistake. Read the rest of this entry »

UPDATED 21/02/10

POSTONED!!!

Dates: May 15/16

Location: Pennant Hills, Lane Cove National Park

WE HAVE MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS COURSE SO IT WILL GO AHEAD. IF YOU WISH TO JOIN, EMAIL ME AND I’LL MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS. Read the rest of this entry »

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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