New Members Meet 13-14th September

Trips & Meets
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Have you not had enough climbing this summer? Want to carry on? Come and meet some of our members and find out about the club!

Please see the note below about prioritising experienced leaders/completely new members in the event the meet is oversubscribed

New Members Meet - 13/14th September 25

If you are new to the club, please contact Matt Sotiras to arrange to meet at the Castle in advance for a hello and safety check :slight_smile: If the meet is oversubscribed we will prioritise sufficiently experienced leaders and completely new for a good mix and match!

Meet type: Focusing on easy trad, hard trad but can also do easy sport, hard sport, scrambling, mountaineering, hiking, bouldering - weather depending of course! Suitable for people with no or little experience of trad climbing, as we will pair you with an experienced club member.

Dates: 13/14 April (most people leaving London afternoon/evening of 12th)

Location: NLMC cottage near Betws y Coed, North Wales. Sleeping bag, towel etc needed. Free for members, £7 p/n for guests. What3words: ///herbs.educates.inflict

Experience needed: any level

Skills needed: lead belaying

Equipment required: basic (helmet, harness, belay device, rock shoes), plus ideally a prussic and spare carabiners for abseils, approach shoes/boots

Transport: car shares, please book a slot with a driver, see drivers tab in the spreadsheet!

Food: communal meal Saturday evening, communal breakfasts both Saturday and Sunday, please bring your own food for all other meals. Depending on when you arrive on Friday, you can get dinner at the local pub. The cottage kitchen is fully equipped with fridge/cooker/microwave etc.

We will need cooking volunteers for breakfast and Saturday’s diner. More info to follow.

Looking forward to meeting/seeing you all!

Matt

NLMC New Members Sec

Places are strictly limited to 22 people. We only have use of the cottage, not the barn too, so everyone will be sleeping in the cottage unless you make other plans. If the meet is oversubscribed we will prioritise new/prospective members who have not been on a meet before.
If the meet is oversubscribed we will also need to ensure we have enough suitably experienced members around to take new/prospective members out.

NB: if you are new to the club you will need to climb with us on a Monday evening at the Castle before the meet, so we can ensure minimum safety skills are met.

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Unfortunately cant make this. But for all aspiring trad leaders in my humble opinion this vid is a great resource with a lot of good tips in one place.

Perhaps using a tether might not be used much here in blighty and a lot of talking points!

Have an awesome safe time out!

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PLEASE READ:

So far we are only 9 signed up for this weekend meet. The weather is looking really wet and windy over the whole weekend, so it is very unlikely we will be able to do any climbing outdoor. I personally don’t think it is worth driving 6h one way to climb on plastic in a gym, nor I feel the need for hiking in the rain. However I think it is fair to ask for everyone’s opinion.

  • Go anyway and hike in the rain
  • Cancel and meet at a wall in London with a lunch for a bit of social?
  • Postpone to a later date (if calendar allows)
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Maybe we could co-opt the Gower meet on 27-28 September to be new-member-friendly? I was already planning/hoping to go to that. And/or a social meet up in London sounds nice to me too :slight_smile:

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I’m keen to come to a new member meet but frustratingly couldn’t make this one due to a wedding.

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That’s a possibility indeed! I won’t be here but I am told there are a lot of routes in the low grades.

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Jack, no worries you are not missing on much. There will be other opportunities I am sure!

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Hi all happy to postpone and/or can also meet up this weekend in London - agree not worth going up but I’m flexible otherwise