Welcome to Reading University Caving Club
Who Are We?
Piotr - Treasurer
Ben - President
Jo - Secretary
Jenny and Mesh – Social Secretaries
Tony – Tacklemaster
RUCC Past & Present
- Founded in 1968 -
RUCC in South Wales, 2005
RUCC in South Wales, 1970
Caving Locations
Derbyshire
Yorkshire Dales
.Mendips
South Wales
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.
What should you expect?
You may get wet!
You may get muddy!
Climbing Ladders
Walking
Abseiling - SRT
Prussiking - SRT
Crawling
Squeezing
weaWhat should you
wear?
Equipment We Provide
Furry Oversuit Helmet, Light, Wellies, SRT
Kit
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)
What should you expect to see?
Trips AwayMendip day trips this weekend
Wales: 16th-18th October
CHECC: 20th-22nd November
3 Trips a term + Foreign Expeditions
Mendips: 30st-1st Oct-Nov
Dachstein, Austria Summer 2008
Hirlatz Hohle, AustriaSpring 2007
When We Meet
Regular weekly meeting
Monday – 9.00, College Arms, Wokingham Road
And last year…Pub 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
Thanks for coming, and remember:
We wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t FUN!!