GET INVOLVED!

Interested in what the club has to offer?

Why not join our forums to be kept up to date with what is going on, and come along to the pub on a wednesday night to meet us and have a chat?

If you want to know a bit more about the club read on as this page has all the essential info...

Club Website

This website is the main hub of information about the club. Here you will find all everything from details of what activities we do to what trips and events we're planning, and much more besides! Most importantly, the website plays host to the announcements forum which is your way of keeping in touch with all the latest goings-on, the ever-popular chat forum, and a regularly updated events calendar.

Join the Forums!

If you are at all interested in the club you should join our forums - even if you haven't decided whether you want to join the club. They're an excellent way of keeping in touch with what's going on.

Make sure you subscribe to BOTH the announcements and the chat forum or you'll be missing out:

Subscribe to "Announcements" - to receive important info from the committee about club meets and social events etc (BUT you can't post to it and you'll it's only for hearing about official club activities)
Join the "Chat Forum" - this is your lifeline to the rest of the club. This is where you find out about or organise informal walking/climbing trips, post questions, hear about parties that may be going on, or take part in discussions.

If you are having difficulties with joining the forums or want to know more, try our forum help page.

Like our Facebook Page

If you're on Facebook you can also Like our Facebook page too (you should still subscribe to the announcements and join the chat forum though!)

Club Membership

Although part of the University Sports Union, the club has a wide and varied membership so if you aren’t a student or staff member of the University of Dundee you may still be able to join as an associate member. Unfortunately only paid-up members can go on club meets; this is a Sports Union rule and is important since part of the membership fee provides you with civil liability insurance. Membership, as with most club business, is dealt with in the pub on a Wednesday night.

The membership fee varies from year to year as the club's costs vary, the 2010-2011 fee being £30. If you are wondering where your membership fee goes, about half of it helps fund the club so that we can secure bookings for the year’s events (we have to book minibus rental and mountain huts well in advance) and keep our supply of equipment in good order. The other half goes to the Mountaineering Council of Scotland, to provide you with civil liability insurance, access to a whole range of free safety and skills lectures, access to subsidised training events and a subscription to Scottish Mountaineer magazine.

Are you interested in the club? Maybe you are considering joining? Not decided yet?

Come along to the pub to chat to us and find out more! (see "pub night" below)

Or if you have some questions you can contact us via the contact form.

Pub Night and Sign-up

Catch us any Wednesday evening (from 9ish) in our sponsor pub - Clarks on North Lindsay Street (behind Fat Sams - see map below).

During term-time when the club runs meets each weekend, sign-up for the meet is taken in the pub (usually at either 9:30 or 10 pm) and is done by our Meets Secretary/Teasurer.

Note: Over the summer months and during University holidays there are usually still some DURC folks around but we sometimes move around from pub to pub - check recent announcements for the latest info or ask on the chat forum.

Club Meets

Throughout each semester we do a full-weekend meet (staying at a mountain hut) once each month, and a single-day meet on all other weekends. We also do single-day climbing meets regularly. See the meets list for details. Prices vary from year to year as the club's costs vary but it is usually around £10 for single-day meets and £20 for full-weekend meets (which includes 2 nights accommodation in a mountain hut as well as transport there and back). We're sure you’ll agree that's a pretty good deal for a weekend’s travel and accommodation to the likes of Skye and Assynt! This is because the club is able to subsidise the cost of meets through its fundraising activities.

Equipment

To go on a club meet you must bring the appropriate equipment - see our kit list.

Some of this can be borrowed from the club's gear store (check kit list for details) but for some things you need to have your own, e.g. walking boots.

If you need to borrow anything check out the gear store page for info.

Departure

Now you know how much the trips cost, what to bring and where we're going, you need to know when/where we set off from!

All meets now leave from the Gear Store - see location map below
Day meets leave at 7am sharp! This probably seems horribly early but is necessary so that we arrive at our destination with enough time for our day’s activities - journey times can be over 2 hours each way and daylight hours are fairly limited in the winter months. Some folks just go back to sleep for a while once they get on the minibus!
Climbing meets will usually leave a bit later, since the distance to travel is usually less and climbing doesn’t require a full day like hillwalking and mountaineering can. Details of each climbing meet (destination, departure time etc.) will be posted via the announcements forum near the time.
Full-weekend meets normally depart at 6pm on the Friday evening. Note that this time can sometimes change depending on how far we have to drive (sometimes we may have to leave earlier). Always check the latest announcements near the time.

Lectures and Training

Since safety is of such high importance in the hills, we pride ourselves on being to offer a wide variety of FREE lectures and practical sessions, ranging from First Aid through to Navigation, as well as facilitating access to subsidised training courses. More information is in the skills section of our website.

Location Map

The following map shows where abouts everything is - pub, departure meeting point, gear store, climbing wall etc!

(Note: there is another more detailed map to the gear store on the gear store page.)