Reading University Caving Club

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.

Club Hoodies and T-shirts

NEWS FLASH! WARNING: TOP QUALITY ‘APRES CAVE’ WEAR AVAILABLE SOON…

The lovely people at ‘Speleolabs’ have kindly offered to design some club clothing for us! Please email J so we get an idea of numbers if you are interested, orders will be taken shortly.
Current ‘Speleolabs’ designs can be seen at their website and will also be on show on the first two caving trips of this term.
Please see our Group Diary and Trips Info sections for more information regarding club trips.

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.

Freshers Fayre & Slide Show

Well I’m sure you are all looking forward to the big day tomorrow when we recruit a record number of freshers and become the world’s biggest university caving club! see you all at freshers fair, Wednesday 1 October 2003, 10-4. PLEASE don’t forget to come along to our slideshow on Monday, 7.30pm, Palmer building where you can get more of a flavour of what the club’s about. We should then be in the Queens Head, Christchurch Road from 9.00 onwards. Thanks, J

Welcome to RU Cavers…

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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).

A Message From Our Sponsors…

Following a top level executive board meeting Speleolabs have graciously agreed to sponsor the rucavers website. Executive Director Mr Andrew Rumming welcomed the decision, stating that ‘we are always proud to support the grassroots or weeds of the caving establishment. Speleolabs look forward to a long and happy partnership with an organisation close to our hearts, and on particularly drunken occasions, knees. We hope you use this site to help create an rucavers online community, so feel free to post and comment as often as possible. Oh, and buy fine speleo-goods from the usual outlets. Yeah…’