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Welcome to Reading University Caving Club Slide 2 Who Are We? Piotr - Treasurer Ben - President Jo - Secretary Slide 3 Jenny and Mesh Social Secretaries Tony Tacklemaster Slide 4 RUCC Past & Present - Founded in 1968 - RUCC in South Wales, 2005 RUCC in South Wales, 1970 Slide 5 Caving Locations Derbyshire Yorkshire Dales. Mendips South Wales Slide 6 Club Costs and Fees Membership costs 12 Day Trips cost 5 Weekend Trips cost 35 Trip costs cover transport, accommodation, fried breakfast Saturday + Sunday, Evening meal on Saturday. Slide 7 What should you expect? Slide 8 You may get wet! You may get muddy! Slide 9 Climbing Ladders Walking Slide 10 Abseiling - SRT Prussiking - SRT Slide 11 Crawling Squeezing Slide 12 wea What should you wear? Slide 13 Equipment We Provide Furry Oversuit Helmet, Light, Wellies, SRT Kit Slide 14 Stuff You Need Old clothes and dark underwear A Mars Bar A sleeping bag A towel Some money A torch Old trainers Wellies, if you have them Cheque book or cash to pay for trip If you have them thermals, warm hat and gloves A stupid hat (and what not to bring) Slide 15 What should you expect to see? Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18 Slide 19 Trips Away Mendip day trips this weekend Wales: 16 th -18 th October CHECC: 20 th -22 nd November 3 Trips a term + Foreign Expeditions Mendips: 30 st -1 st Oct-Nov Slide 20 Dachstein, Austria Summer 2008 Slide 21 Hirlatz Hohle, Austria Spring 2007 Slide 22 When We Meet Regular weekly meeting Monday 9.00, College Arms, Wokingham Road And last yearPub Golf, Thorpe Park, scavenger hunt, rubix cube pubcrawl, lords and ladies sausage fest, lord of the rings henley pub crawl, christmas party and lots of beer-pong.... Other socials Slide 23 Thanks for coming, and remember: We wouldnt be doing it if it wasnt FUN!!