Reading University Caving Club 
We have yet more Mendips Action here. Includes alarming pictures of the Canoe Club and an Eskimo Elvis Impersonator.
And the winner is….
John Majeciwz! Yes, John’s many years of drinking experience and enlarged gullet assured him victory in the inaugural RUCC Pub Golf competition. Congratulations to him on his perfect round, along with everyone else involved in the exceptionally silly dancing toward the end of the evening. And get well soon John K.
What we did this weekend…
This weekend we mostly:
-saw some top ferret action
-mooned the canoe club
-traumatised the local children of Priddy Green
Oh, and did some caving.
Photograph of general stuff & caving are here
Photos of the halloween party are here
Photo’s of the clearly weird trip to Brunel to do ladder practice are here.
If anyone wants a decent quality copy e-mailed, as ever let me know. I’m about to reorganise the photos, if anyone wants anything posting now is a good time to tell me.
Next trip is 28-30 November, the University Caving bash. There’s a stomp, so it will involve jumping around like salmon on trampolines.
Oli’s Photos
There’s been a mild update. A handfull of Oli’s Romanian Photos are now in the photo albums to your right. There’s some extra photos in the Caves photos, including Swildon’s Hole (next weekend!). There are new maps to the Queens Head & Brunel Uni on the Information Page. If anyone wants anyhting amended/added/obliviated please let me know.
E-Mail Subscriptions
As you may know, we have an email list, where all members can receive updates regarding the latest trips and other club information. If you have recently joined you will already be receiving e-mails. For years it has been a mystery on how to get onto or off this list. Today we reveal how.
To subscribe to RUCavers, click on this link and enter your email address at the top of the page and hit ‘Subscribe’. You will receive an email to the supplied email address regarding your subscription to the list.
To unsubscribe from RUCavers, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options, click the link, scroll to the bottom of the page, enter your email address and hit ‘Unsubscribe or edit options’ you can then choose what you wish to do. Please note the ‘Cookies’ warning. By clicking the ‘Unsubscribe’ button on the next page, a confirmation message will be sent to your subscribed email address. This message will have a link that you should click on to complete the removal process. If in doubt or if unsuccessful please let us know.
That weekend evidence in full…
We have now posted all the photos from last weekend (Derbyshire/Alton Towers). It’s available as a photo album (see right hand column) but temporarily here at better quality. Warning – contains evidence of pole dancing, silly caving garb and expressions of sheer terror. If anyone wants me to e-mail copies of full quality versions let me know.
Subscriptions
It’s long been a mystery, but if you wish to subscribe or unsubscribe to the RU Cavers E-mail list instructions are now available at the bottom of the information page. Your request will be subject to a moderator (a Mr Chris Zebedee of Newbury) who is there to prevent spam from reaching us.
Hidden Earth 2003
A number of us had a rather good time at the Hidden Earth conference this weekend. Photographic evidence of this can be found by clicking on the first photo album in the column to the left. The event also saw the debut of the Speleolabs brand, which is now well and truly launched. Thanks in particular to the Kings and Queen of the catwalk for their help.
And don’t forget the slideshow this evening.
Welcome to RU Cavers…
Hello, and welcome to rucavers, the online home of the Reading University Caving Club. This page is here to post the latest news and views from the club, and keep you up to date on what’s happening. If you are new, thinking of joining or simply wish to know more about the club and its activities please use the links to the left. These will give you some background to the club, introduce you to the committee, provide information on trips and set out the type of gear used in caving and potholing. Should you have any immediate questions or wish to know how to join us, please let me know. This page is set out in this format because it can be used as an easily updated noticeboard, and feel free to post comments. If you wish to be able to post directly to the site from the internet please let the webmaster know and we’ll provide permissions and instructions. We look forward to seeing you (in the dark).
J, President
The Big Launch is Coming
look forward to seeing some of you at next weekend’s Hidden Earth conference. As well as being the centre of the caving universe that weekend, the conference also marks the official launch of Speleolabs. We hope to see some of you at our stand, which in terms of quality and impact should knock Inglesport’s into a cocked helmet. The weekend should also see the final delivery on the online speleoshop (this link will be working after next weekend).