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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20200911
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney;VALUE=DATE:20200914
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URL:https://unswoc.org/wordpress/events/blue-lake-ice-climbing-weekend-11-
 13th-sept/
SUMMARY:Blue Lake ice climbing - Weekend 11-13th Sept
DESCRIPTION:Thanks to the introduction of the UNSWOC beanie grant\, snow an
 d ice have made a come back to the club – get excited!! Jeffrey\, Henry\
 , Brendon and I (Maria) will be leading an ice climbing trip to Blue lake 
 next weekend 11-13th September. You'll need to be free from Thursday eveni
 ng to Sunday evening to come on this trip.\n\nThe plan is:\n\n 	Drive down
  to Guthega (~6 h) stopping at Cooma to rent snowshoes on either Thursday 
 evening OR early Friday morning (TBD). If we go down on Thursday\, we will
  camp at Island Bend campground.\n 	Snowshoe or ski from Guthega to the ca
 mpground near Mt Twynam on Friday and set up camp.\n 	Spend Saturday whole
  day and possibly Sunday morning ice climbing on top rope at Blue lake.\n 
 	On Sunday\, hike out to Guthega and drive back to Sydney.\n\nThe previous
  experience you NEED is:\n\n 	Hiking with a heavy backpack for several hou
 rs uphill. Which means being FIT.\n 	Outdoors camping (i.e. know how to se
 t up the tent\, cook your food on the stove\, boil water\, wear appropriat
 e clothing\, etc.)\n 	Snow experience is preferred.\n 	Climbing experience
  (with a MINIMUM of top rope experience) is needed.\n\nThe gear you NEED i
 s:\n\n 	For climbing (can be rented from the club)\n\n 	Harness\n 	Helmet\
 n 	ATC and locking biner\n 	Crampons (limited supply)\n 	Ice tools (limite
 d supply)\n\n\n 	For hiking in:\n\n 	Mountaineering boots compatible with 
 crampons OR crampon compatible ski touring boots\n 	Snowshoes OR skis (can
  be hired in Cooma)\n 	Trekking poles may help\n\n\n 	For clothing:\n\n 	P
 roper warm socks\n 	Gaiters\n 	Hiking pants\n 	Waterproof over-trousers\n 
 	Thermal leggings\n 	Thermal top\n 	Long sleeve\, breathable top\n 	Warm f
 leece\n 	Down jacket\n 	Waterproof jacket\n 	Sunglasses (min cat. 3)\n 	Bu
 ff/balaclava\n 	Beanie\n 	Thick\, waterproof gloves\n\n\n 	For sleeping:\n
 \n 	4 season tent\, with snow pegs (limited club supply)\n 	Sleeping bag r
 ated for negative temperatures (limited club supply)\n 	Warm sleeping mat 
 (not cheap foam\, preferably inflatable)\n\n\n 	Other:\n\n 	Sunscreen\n 	L
 ip balm\n 	Stove\n 	Food for the weekend\n 	Hand sanitizer\n 	Head torch A
 ND spare batteries (YES you must bring a headtorch)\n 	Poo bag\n 	Personal
  toiletries/first aid kit\n 	Pack to carry all of the above (as well as th
 e shared gear not listed here such as ropes*\, trad rad*\, ice screws*\, i
 ce tools*\, snow shovels* so pack must be 50-70 L)\n\n\n\nAnd finally\, th
 e comments you NEED to leave below are:\n\n 	\n\n 	What's your climbing ex
 perience + snow experience + hiking experience?\n 	Have you attended the I
 ntro to Snow workshops last month? Y/N\n 	Is there any gear on the list th
 at you DON'T have?\n 	Do you have a car that you can bring? How many peopl
 e can you take?\n\n\n\n\n 	\n\nAny questions\, send me a message (Maria LC
 ) on facebook! Super keeeeeeeeeeen let's rock (ice?) some climbs!\n\n
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