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SURMC Semester II Video

Alisa — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 07:28:34 +0000

SURMC End of Year Party!!!

Alisa — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:45:54 +0000

Hello fellow climbers. In the midst of all the end of semester madness SURMC will be throwing an end of year party to give you an excuse to stop studying. It will be on Friday, November 4th at 6pm although people are welcome to come earlier than that if they want. The house will be completely rearranged to ensure maximum partying efficiency and as usual people will be allowed to stay over so they don’t have to drive home that night. If enough people are keen we can also have a massive brunch in the morning.

To offset costs it’ll be $15 per person, but that will include all food and beverage for the night. There will be a keg and a punch bowl (not for the faint of heart) and debauchery is certain to abound. Feel free to bring anything over that you think will add to the merriment (pinatas, twister, condoms, etc.) If you have any questions feel free to ask Alisa. Hope to see everyone there!

Beer-oulder-lining – Sunday, October 23

Elodie — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:08:58 +0000

I’m just posting here the message David Mulligan put on Facebook, in case some people missed it.

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=267211139983614

What up climbing Peeps!

So the time for SURMC’s semesterly beer-ouldering has come around once again. This semester, with the explosion of slacklining interest in the club, the suffix -lining has been added to the event (historic).

Beer, pads and slacklines will all be provided so all you need to do is wiggle on down to Queens Park next Sunday for an afternoon of pulling on rock. Public Transport is close at hand, so theres no need for the car, but if anyone can volunteer their wheels to transport shiz to and fro the even that would be pretty Gnarly.

The event will start at Midday (the internationally recognised moment in the day where it stops being sad to start drinking) and kick on well in to the early hours of the afternoon (dependant on how quickly people lose interest).

Prizes may be awarded to the drunkest slackline

Tell your friends!
(Except circus people, no freaks allowed)

Point Perpendicular 2011

Clea — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:05:11 +0000

Point Perpendicular is back AGAIN. Contingency dates for this semester are 30th September-2nd October, 14th-16th October and 21st-23rd October. Let us know what dates suit you below. The plan will be to drive down to the Point on the Friday evening and come back on the Sunday afternoon/evening. As usual we will need to car pool, so if you can drive and offer lifts please post below. It is possible to come for a fraction of the weekend if you can arrange transport but it would be best to stay at least one night so as to get a decent amount of climbing time (it takes about 2.5 – 3 hours to drive from Sydney Uni).

The Point is mostly a traditional climbing area and the group will need a bigger ratio of experienced to inexperienced climbers than on many trips. However, with that said there is definitely room for keen new climbers to come along and if you ask many of the more experienced club members you will find that a trip to the Point was one of their first few outdoor trips. All participants should arrange to borrow the personal gear they require from the club before the trip, i.e. harness, helmet, slings, screwgate carabiners, belay device, prussik cords etc. More experienced participants should arrange racks and ropes.

For a map showing the way to the camp ground click here: http://tinyurl.com/y8p6slm

If you have any questions please post them below.

Clea and Elodie

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

Medlow Bath trip report

Elodie — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:01:32 +0000

On a sunny Sunday morning, while the Sydneysiders were busy running on the Harbour Bridge, 11 SURMC members went to Medlow Bath for a beautiful day of climbing.

Medlow Bath (pix by Lyndall Hord)

The walk in turned out to be almost as long as the Sydney marathon: we walked, and then got lost. Then walked back. And got lost again. Lucky Dave Kirk was there to find a way to the climbs! He definitely deserves the title of MVP for this trip.

After this good warm up, we set up a bunch of top-rope climbs from grade 14 to 20. Everybody also had a chance to lead, and everybody did a very good job!

Rohan on a 15.

Alex on a 15, Ida on a 17 and Dave on a 20.

Lyndall on lead, happy

A special mention to Alex who successfully led a pretty long, 3 stars climb, and also to Lyndall who experienced her first outdoors climb.

John on 'The Deadly Hammock', grade 26.

Eager for the pub.

We headed back to Sydney after a quick dinner in Katoomba.

In spite of a late start and some strong wind, it was a really good day of climbing. I hope everybody enjoyed it as much as I did. Thank you guys!

Shenanigans Exposed!

Alisa — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:25:32 +0000

Saturday night’s 2nd Shenanigans Adventure Team Challenge made for an entertaining evening. Six teams (Fighting Mongooses, The Jean Pool, Ze Booterz, Hot Mums with Guns, Spandex Monkeys and Sexual Innuendo) battled through 10 challenges which included ultimate speed pictionary, lifesaver leap frog, corn flake blowout, lifejacket relay, humper derby and the classic team limbo. After 2 1/2 hours of these grueling events Hot Mums with Guns finished in first place, outscoring the second place finishers Ze Booterz by just 8 points. The team will be sent on a jetboat ride in Sydney Harbour to celebrate their efforts. Congratulations! Footage of the event can be seen in the compilation video posted below (apologies for the poor quality in some areas).

Alisa would like to extend a big thank you to those who helped organize Shenanigans: Anthony Doig for lending his car and esky, Bec Rich for assisting with supply and alcohol purchases, Chris Knox for helping organize the challenges, and Alex Groothaert, Mike Lee, Elodie Fourmond, John Temple and Joon Kim for helping clean Alisa’s house after the party. Your efforts were invaluable! Now enjoy the show:

Advanced Training Groups

Alisa — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:40:34 +0000

For those who signed up for the advanced training sessions: In both the men’s and women’s groups we had more people register than there is room for, so unfortunately the execs had to make some decisions based on the criteria stated in the sign up. If you do not see your name posted below we are discussing running another set of sessions so there may still be an opportunity to get some training. Also, if you see your name below and you can no longer attend all sessions for whatever reason, please notify Emma, Sam or Alisa as soon as possible so that someone else can take your place.

Men’s Group: Dave Dearnley, David Mulligan, James Henderson, Dean Hillan, Sam Kissajukian, Mike Lee

Women’s Group: Georgi Knox, Jade Kingsley, Ruby Kwong, Alisa Rabovsky, Elodie Fourmond, Katie Phillips

The sessions will start this Tuesday, 30th of September from 7-9 and last 4 consecutive weeks. Heather and Nathan recommend arriving early to warm up so that once the training starts everyone is ready to make the most of the 2 hours. There will also be a possibility to move the final session to the weekend for an outdoor session; this will be discussed within groups and depend on scheduling. If you have any questions you can bring them up with Emma, Alisa or Sam.

The 2nd Shenanigans ATC!

Alisa — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:20:12 +0000

SURMC will be hosting another Adventure Team Challenge night on Saturday, 10th of September due to the success of last semester’s event. For details and registration click on the link in upcoming trips.

Pinky's memorable milk challenge at the last Shenanigans

Nowra Trip Report

Alisa — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 03:08:27 +0000

So we made it outside this time but ended up going to Thompson’s Point instead of Hospital Rocks, an area on the opposite side of the river. After a late start and an interesting walk in, we finally made it to the designated climbing spot and a good portion of the group got their first feel of real rock.

Nathaniel crushing his first climb with Tim on belay

Blanca on her first outdoor climb with Gustavo on belay

After getting a lesson in outdoor belaying and warming up on a grade 14 and 15, the leaders set up a couple 16′s for everyone to try. The start for one of these was completely desperate and most of us had to pull through the first move, but it was pretty straight forward after that.

Ida watchful on belay while Jenny edges around a corner

Tim just before the crux of the first route

Overall it was a very good day. The weather was excellent and everyone was able to challenge themselves with the routes. It’ll be great to see the people on this trip develop their outdoor skills on future outings, so keep signing up to club excursions! Also a shout out to John who had a chance to practice some leading and completed the climb with ease. Good job John!

John on lead pulling the rope up to a quickdraw

And finally a big thank you to the days leaders, Mat Guenette, Alisa Rabovsky and Emma Welshman, for organizing the trip and helping teach the next generation of SURMC climbers. Great trip everyone!

The Palm Beach Turned Villawood Trip Report

Alisa — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:27:20 +0000

So at the last minute before driving out to Palm Beach on Sunday Pete determined that the rock was too wet to climb on, so unfortunately the group was unable to go outside. However we ended up having a pretty good day after deciding to go to the Villawood climbing gym and doing some grueling indoor climbing instead. After getting an introduction to lead climbing and lead belaying, everyone in the group received their lead passes. This will be great groundwork for learning more techniques at other gyms and hopefully applying these skills outdoors soon. Congratulations guys!

Alex Groothaert clipping in

Pip Collins on lead

Thank you to Pete from the ledge for helping organize the day and sharing some of his expertise. It was great to see everyone trying something new, so even though we didn’t get to climb outdoors the day was far from wasted.

If anyone from today’s trip wants to try some more leading at St. Peters feel free to talk to me (Alisa) and we can organize a day to go there. Also if there is anyone who missed todays trip and wants to get their lead pass we can try and organize a day for that as well.