Next Event: Social
SUMC, also known as UWSMC, is a mountaineering club for students of Swansea University, and has a membership of some 150 students, of which at least 30 are regularly actively involved. One of our main aims this year is to encourage and increase the number of people who are actively involved. We hope to try and keep the more experienced members by offering all our members regular trips to better facilities as well as training sessions with the hope of being involved in BUSA competitions.
The club does a lot of climbing on Gower, some parts of which are only a fifteen-minute drive from the University campus. We also arrange various trips around the UK to places such as North Wales, the Peak District, Portland and a week long trip in the Easter holidays (which has previously been held in Cornwall but more recently has seen trips abroad to Mallorca and Sardinia). For more information about trips please see the events page.
The easiest way to join the club is to come along to our stall at Freshers' Fayre. Here you'll find a few of our members who will be able to answer any questions you might have, and will be able to sign you up on the spot. If you miss us at Freshers' Fayre then just come along to any regular session - see the events page for more details of when and where these are.
To be able to join you'll need an AU card which allows you to join any sports club - you can get these from the AU on level 2 of the Students Union building. An AU card will cost you £5 (this is beyond our control unfortunately).
Joining the club itself costs £15, which covers you for as long as you are in University. This gets you access to all club trips and socials, use of club gear, training from experienced club members and affiliate membership of the BMC.
You don't need any special equipment or experience to join, the only thing we suggest is that you wear tight shoes as we've only got a limited number of pairs of climbing shoes available.
If you have any more questions, please contact us.
Note: These prices are accurate for the 2008-2009 season; they may change in the future.