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Edinburgh University Hillwalking Club 2015 - 2016 2 Contents Edinburgh University HillWalking Club 2015 - 2016 2 Contents 4-6 Meet the Committee 7 President’s Note 8-9 A Note for the Social Secretaries 10-14 Torridon 15-16 Arrochar 17-18 Crainlarich 19-21 Kinlockleven Freshers Weekend 22-23 Glencoe Freshers Weekend 24-25 Glencoe Halloween 26-29 SMART Weekend 30-31 November Daytrip 32-33 November Daytrip 34-36 Ullapool 37-38 Firbush Navigation course 39-42 Hawkshead Christmas Trip 43-45 Loch Tay Daytrip 46-47 Winter Skills Daytrip 48-49 Winter Skills Daytrip 50-53 Loch Lochy Burns Weekend 54-56 Toast to the Lassies 57-60 Lassies Reply 61 Firbush Winter Skills 62-66 Ratagan 67-68 February Daytrip 69-71 February Daytrip 72-73 Cannich 74-75 Newtonmore/Leggan 76-80 Gairloch Easter Trip 81-83 Invergarry 84 Photo Competition 85 End of year Awards Note for the Editor ENJOY! Much Love Becky 3 Meet the Committee President Lucy Nunn Likes: Gingers, and mulled wine Dislikes: Organising walks Secretary Stuart North Likes: Big boobs and Rap music Dislikes: Speaking Treasurer Edward Tissiman Likes: When people ‘like’ his photos on Facebook, showing off his knowledge of mountains and wildlife, and several showers per day. Dislikes: Responding to messages quickly... he’ll get round to it in about 2 weeks time. Vice president and Alumni Officer Simon Coffey Likes: Extreme routes (off cliffs), and when things go effortlessly to plan. Dislikes: Getting stuff done and things that involve effort 4 Meets Secretary Callum Girdwood Likes: All things sugary and sweet, especially Jelly Babies Dislikes: Kayaks Training, Safety and Development Officer Owain Simpson Likes: Brightly coloured/retro clothes and puppies Dislikes: Bad hair days Publicity and Yearbook Officer Rebecca Meacham Likes: Being head chef on trips, and hostels that provide paper and crayons. Dislikes: Inadequate kitchen facilities and tense social situations Gear Secretary Daniel Jenkins Likes: Being grumpy Dislikes: Spicy food... even when it’s not spicy 5 Webmaster Griffin Ernest Likes: Climbing backwards, going on every trip of the year, and playing cards. Dislikes: Playing cards by the rules Social Secretary Steph Ward Likes: Fair weather walking and cute mountainside village cafés. Dislikes: When Simon climbs stuff or does something dangerous...which is quite often Social Secretary Sion Ford Likes: Weird topics of conversation and big nights out that end in Hive! Dislikes: Driving in cities Random Bod Monika O’Shea Likes: Epic walks with ‘additional’ munros added on the end. Dislikes: Faffs Random Bod Donald Anderson Likes: Whisky, and lots of it! Dislikes: .............................................. Nope can’t think of anything, he’s just such a happy, unassuming chap! 6 A Note from the President When I came to Edinburgh in 2011, I turned up to the sports fair like a good little fresher and came across a stall covered in axes, these spiky shoe things and a huge pinboard of photos of mountains and snow. I was a scout and, until this moment, I thought that I was quite an experienced walker, then seeing these photos I realised just how small the Yorkshire Dales are and that I had absolutely no clue whatsoever. Some dodgy looking bloke then popped out of nowhere, wild blonde hair, a posh accent and went by the name of Mead? Weird chap, but he managed to convince me to head along to Arthurs Seat that Sunday, and it was probably the best decision I have ever made. This club is one of a kind. It has taken me all over Scotland (and I guess a bit of England too…), to Torridon, Assynt, Tongue and so many more. This club has taught me so much, from winter walking, and scrambling, to teamwork and just to understand the value of the Outdoors. This club has given me life-long friendships, all Jazzy and Lumpy and Grumpy, and so many adventures. This club has given me some of the happiest moments of my life, during times in my life when I was at my very lowest. This club has given me support and a reason and a passion and I will be forever grateful for it. It has been an honour to be the EUHWC President and I am so happy with how it has grown and changed over the past 5 years. With every year there’s a new committee, new members and new ideas to try out. The trips, the socials, the ways in which we attempt to keep track of gear, the pub all change constantly. Every year the club is so lucky to have such committed members trying to improve how we run, or how things work, but the one thing members of this club do very well and with little effort is be welcoming to everyone, friendly and really make this club what it is. This year we’ve survived all the storms and floods thrown at us, we’ve had some truly stunning views and grueling walks and, however the day went, there has always been a great atmosphere in the hostel to go back to. I owe so much to this club and am so sad to leave, so please look after it! I really hope the EUHWC can mean this much for you too. Lucy Nunn, EUHWC President 2015-2016 7 A Note from the Social Secretaries This year’s socials have been great because of the nature of our club, we stick together through good and bad. It’s this attitude that builds the club. We start the year with an influx new people but we end it with many new friends. Friends that we can’t wait to see again next year or will never forget, even if only due to their immortalization in tea towel form. We’ve had a laugh together dressing up as mythical beasts around town on this year’s pub crawl, with SiÔnyn hovering like a concerned parent “Owain get down from there!”. Our Ceilidhs were a success yet again this year with no serious breaks reported, although plenty of bruises were acquired in Strip the Willow. We had one of the best ceilidh bands we have had as a club, Stravaig, t hanks to Steph’s searching. 8 “What’s the worst STD... pregnancy?” – Semos Movie nights have been well attended despite groans of “God not more Disney” when faced with watching Brave. Although I’m fairly sure there were a few teary eyes afterwards from the groaners. When watching a film with Welsh actors subtitles were required to understand their accents much to SiÔnyn’s disbelief. Christmas meal at 56 North was top notch with everyone suitably Merry, some more than others with Steph vomiting before the second course. Tanjore were great hosts again for the end of year meal with tasty curry. It has been a good year to be a social sec, we’ve loved doing it because we get to spend the time with you lot, even if it’s come at the expense of our livers. Lots of Love Steph & SiÔnyn xx 9 Torridon End-of-Year Trip We start the yearbook by stepping back in time to EUHWCs end- of-year trip 2015 to the magnificent mountainous wilderness that is Torridon. Now I only decided to write this entry the day before getting the yearbook printed, almost a year after the trip! As my fellow hillwalkers would agree, I am notoriously bad at remembering the various walks and hills encountered during a trip and, true to form, this is indeed proving difficult to recall. Nevertheless, like a true Art student, I will use all my creativity and a substantial amount of imagination to write this entry. Thankfully I had my trusty hillwalking buddy to remind me of some of the events of the weekend, and so I can begin... We begin with a long drive to a top secret highly celebrated hillwalking location that is neither the west coast nor the north coast of Scotland, but somewhere ambiguously in between, the journey made bearable by playing ‘Down the Road’ by C2C repeatedly. We finally arrive at a large hostel surrounded by stunning mountain views...although we could not see them at that time of night. The buses are off-loaded, each of us carrying enough tea, milk and alcohol to quench the thirst of an entire army, I sign up to a walk of some description, and then shuffle off to bed thankful that the longer days allowed for a slightly later start than usual in the morning. 10 Saturday morning the hillwalkers awaken bleary eyed, but eager to tackle some mountains. I set off, along with Gregor, Lucy, Callum, Gier, and Tonje, to climb what is apparently a very famous hill: one with ridges so narrow, and rock-faces so sheer, that no one could ever forget climbing it...except, of course, for me whom on a subsequent trip was informed by several exasperated fellow members that the name of this very famous hill is Liathach. Anyway, up we go a very steep ascent, fuelled by vast quantities of jelly babies along the way. Two groups planned to do this hill; the others starting the walk half an hour later so as to leave adequate room between us. Obviously this didn’t work and, led by the machine that is Stuart North, the second group were soon on our tails. Our progress wasn’t helped of course by a group of middle-aged men who kept getting in the way, which very much angered Lucy. Stuart’s group stop for lunch, allowing us to once again widen the gap by continuing along the ever narrowing ridge.
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