A place for new and old members to introduce themselves, because it's nice to know who you're talking to:

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Name: Nathan
Age: 18
Pre-uni Location: Cheltenham

Course: Environmental Geosciences
Accommodation: QHC
Other society memberships: Buecu

Preferred Sport: Indoor Lead Climbing, though I'd like to get outside more and I'm definitely interested in caving and possibly Mountaineering.

Previous History:
I've climbed indoors for about 2 years now, at the most doing about 3 sessions a week, minimum of a session every 2 weeks, but mainly about a 4 hours session every week for PE at 6th Form.

For those that know many climbing centres I climbed at the Warehouse Centre in Gloucester. At my best I could top rope a 7b just, but now I'm back to 6a's as I haven't climbed much recently

Equipment Owned:
Harness, Boots, Chalk bag, Crab, Belay plate, 70m rope.

Best <insert relevant activity> Moment:
Not sure, completing a tough route I've been working on for a while on one go.

Worst <insert relevant activity> Moment:
When my climbing partner left a knot in the end of my rope and proceeded to pull it through, not realising until it jammed in a quick draw on the lip of a 1.5m roof, 2/3 of the way up a comp wall. I was not happy. Luckily my rope was long enough to safely use the other end of the rope to go rescue his knot, resulting in my climbing the route for a second time.

What do I do apart from climbing?
I'm fairly computer savoy. I do a bit of web design, gaming, digital art and general tweaking. If I'm not at my computer I'm generally hanging out with mates or gf.

What do I drink?
Spirits. Generally straight. I have been known to line my stomach with cider first.

Noticeable features? (for those who wish to recognise me at the climbing centre)
Long curly hair.

~Nath

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Name: Maddie
Club Treasurer
Subject: Maths
Living:Tiverton Rd
Climbing: 2 years, since joining uni, indoor and outdoor
Noticable features: Slightly purple hair at the moment and a committee Tshirt saying my name and treasurer on it.

Name: Huw (as the username would suggest!)
From: Brecon beacons, South Whales
Living: Tennis Courts
Subject: French & Italian
Reason for joining: Fairly competent indoor climber (nothing special) but would really like to do some more outdoor stuff (so much more fun) and improve my leading.

Probably can't make the first Creation meet as I have to take a bloody French "Diagnotic Test" between 1 and 4 o'clock sometime dammit. I'll try and find a way around it but if not I'll see you guys next week.

Huw

Name: James
Club President
Subject: Electrical Engineering
Living: Teignmouth Road
Climbing: For a while - but not very well, started winter climbing last year and it's great! Also went to the Alps over the summer and will definitly be back.
Noticable Features: Committee T-shirt with James on it should probably do!

Name: Stu
Subject: Was Geography.
Living: Dawlish rd
Climbing: a bit before uni, but mostly at uni - generally climbing quite a bit and utterly failing to up my grade in 2 years. Indoor, outdoor rock and ice, also dabbled in alpine (which comes highly recommended)
Lattitude: Northern
Equipment: what most people have after 3 years in the club - a bag full of stuff that doesnt get used very often

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Committee position - Christianity and exotic islands Sec

Name: Laurence
Age: 19
Pre-uni Location: Buurmin'am

Course: Medical Science
Accommodation: Rose Cottages
Other society memberships: LGBT, medsoc
Committee position: Team runt, otherwise known as social sec

Preferred Sport: Drinking!

Previous History: Indecent exposure, breaking and entering, stealing my mums car and crashing it into the garage wall when I was 15, attempted murder of squirrels, gbh to a frog.

Equipment Owned:
Harness, boots, 2 quickdraws, set of wild country rocks - sizes 1-10, wild country penises - sizes 1, 2 and 3, 1 x 120cm sling, 1 x 240cm sling, 3 screwgates, belay plate, chalk bag, chalk ball, 2 prussik loops

Best <insert relevant activity> Moment:
Climbing Valkarie at Froggat with Mark in a highvis jacket and being described as 'special' by complete strangers

Worst <insert relevant activity> Moment:
Climbing Valkarie at Froggat with Mark in a highvis jacket and being described as 'special' by complete strangers

What do I do apart from climbing?
Drink, smoke, be generally abusive towards Alek, colour my hair, get tattoos, run around the park in my underpants with Neil, write to companies asking for free stuff, organise socials, make visitors to the house paint their hands blue,

What do I drink?
Everything, but generally beer, spirits and southern comfort. I also enjoy a fine bottle of red wine every evening before bed.

Noticeable features? (for those who wish to recognise me at the climbing centre)
I am tall and lanky with blue hair and a tunnel.

Name: Andy C
Age: 27
Course: Chemistry PhD
Climbing: Off and on since 1990, mostly outdoor sport. Didn't shag much between 2002 and 2006, which is why I'm not that great now. Yeah.....that's why....
Noticeable Features: shoes that don't match, beard, shaved head, Canadian accent, fear of heights

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Name: Vicky
Age:21
Live: Tiverton Road
Subject: Was Psychology
Climbing: 2 years since joined the club in my second year, enjoyed sport climbing in Majorca this summer!
Apart from climbing: Looking for a job to pay rent etc

Name: Katie
Age: 20
Course: African Studies

Climbing history: have always enjoyed cimbing things (rocks, trees etc) and have been climbing in the club sense for two years

Best climbing moment: when I set up on my own and thought yey I can shag without being supervised, when I took Hilary, who was less expereinced than me, up a shag and she said I gave her a really good experience of climbing something higher than what she would normally, and my highest grade lead yet yesterday at the Roaches

Worst climbing moment: when I thought a HVD wouldn't be too hard as a last shag of the day and found myself struggling up shiny polish, when Alek thought he was going to fall off a shag I was doing with him at Llanberris and I felt silly that we as the more experienced two were climbing together and getting stuck

Apart from climbing: things like going to other countries, discussing Jane Austen with Rach

Noticeable features: Indoor Sec tshirt, colourful boardies

name: alice

living at: tiverton road (with maddie, katie and vicky)

course: development with african studies

i like: mountaineering mainly but also a fan of outdoor climbing, you will see me at the wall, but i will be the one not doing much and/or complaining about not being outside

noticable features: i have bright orange climbing trousers

from: north Whales and the welsh border

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Mountain sec .... once upon a time

umm.. well... i like climbing.

and i like neil. for some reason.

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Name: Jon
Age: 23
Post Uni Location - Northampton/Harborne not quite sure yet

Equipment owned: Harness, boots and that caribena bottle opener we got on one of the socials last year.

Best moment: Leading tom blindly around Harborne

Worst Moment: Sport Climbing in general

What do I drink: Apple and blackcurrant squash (Fairly strong)

Name:Jonathan
Age:23
Post Uni Location: Royal Leamington Spa
Occupation:Old git
Climbing ability: Peaked at age 15yrs, getting worse ever since
Started climbing: Age 11.
Best climbing moment:Topping out on a unknown route at Morwell rocks devon, summer 2003 as the sun was setting and the chuch bells were ringings down the valley.
Commitee position: Secretary of the revolutionary 2004/5 committee.

hi i'm elia, 22, studying language, I missed the meeting today, would like to come to moseley hall next week but don't know where it is, who wants to show me the way??!!
I live in tennis court...hope somebody will take me to the climbing hall next week!
c ya!