Climbing at the Castle

Experienced climbers

Experienced climbers are expected to complete a short test to certify that you can belay and climb safely. This enables you to join up as a member, take advantage of the discounted SOAS entry rate and climb unsupervised on any of the lead and top-rope walls.

The Castle offers varied climbing, ranging from bouldering walls...

...lovely overhung walls which offer great opportunities for hanging out with your friends ...

(Expertly demonstrated above by Rob and Dave)

..to outragously steep lead walls for the stone mad!

Beginners

Great news for those of you who have never climbed before and those who want to brush up on the basics. We have organised a deal with the Castle Climbing Wall for a beginner's introductory climbing course.

This is a five-hour basic course with a professional instructor, and would teach you:

· Warm ups and stretching.
· How to put on a harness, tie knots & belay.
· Instruction in basic climbing movement.
· Introduction to top rope routes in The Castle.
· Lots of fun.

Completing this course enables you to join up as a member, take advantage of the discounted entry rate arranged for SOAS climbers and climb unsupervised on any of the bouldering and top-rope walls.

This course normally costs £60/person, based on 6 people to one instructor, however the Castle has offered us a price of £40/person as we are a university society. Because we recommend that all beginners take this course, we will try to subsidise it further. This is a great opportunity to get 5 hours of professional climbing tuition at a fantastic rate.

Groups must have no more or no less than 6 people for the course to run.

If you would like to sign up for this course (at any time during the year) please contact Mike or Dave (details on front page or "meet the committee" page)

All climbers

Climbing boots and harnesses are available for hire at the Castle climbing wall at  £2.50 a piece. For any further info on the Castle please visit:

www.castle-climbing.co.uk

The Committee

President: Michael Romig 

Course: History and Development Studies

Focus: Middle East

Year: 3

Experience - Climbing: Switzerland, Peak District and Indoors
Mountaineering: Switzerland, Peru, N.Wales

Speciality: North African food and Being Lanky

Vice President: Dave Storey

Course: Politics and Development Studies

Focus: Africa/ Middle East

Year: 2

Experience - Climbing: Scotland, Wales, Peak District and Indoors
Mountaineering: Scotland, France, Wales, Lake District, most of Britain really

Speciality: Curry, Salsa dancing and being Northern

Treasurer: Diana from Portugal

Course: Soical Anthropology and Development Studies

Focus: Luzophone Africa

Year: 3

Experience - Climbing: Wales, Peak District and Indoors
Mountaineering: Wales, Peak district, Portugal, Cabe Verde, Mozambique

Speciality: Portuguese food, dressing like a gipsy and being gorgeous

Social Coordinator: Alice GOLDing

Course: Japanese and Economics

Focus: Japan

Year: 1

Experience - Climbing: Wales, Peak District and Indoors
Mountaineering: Wales, Peak district, Oxford Street, etc

Speciality: Sunday Roasts, Being more "Asian looking" than her twin sister, and drawing stick men

Social Secretary: Charlotte the Wise

Course: MA Chinese and African Litterature

Focus: China

Year: 1

Experience - Climbing: Wales, Peak District and Indoors
Mountaineering: Wales, Peak district

Speciality: Salsa, Swedish Massages, 6c climbs, actually cooking Sunday Roasts, and being wise

Gear Man: Eliott le Frog

Course: BA

Focus: Cheese

Year: 1

Experience - Climbing: Indoors, France,
Mountaineering: He lives on a 5th floor flat

Speciality: Having a really French-sounding name, having variable hair lengths, fighting dissidents.

Gear Man: Willem le Belge

Course: BA

Focus: India

Year: 1

Experience -Climbing: Indoors, Belgium,
Mountaineering: He lives with Eliott, and once went to the 5th floor in SOAS twice in the same day

Speciality: Living next to the castle, having lived in village next to the presidents in Switzerland, having stoïcly un-adjustable hair