Ex-Committee 2018-19 

Feel free to email any of us with any questions!

Rob Dennison - Chair

 

Email:  usmc@sheffield.ac.uk

 

Favourite Climb: Hercules, Curbar

 

Tune of Choice: Ecstasy, Rusted Root

 

Memorable Moment: The last day of our trip to Kalymnos, it was mega hot but each route we did was top quality, then at the end of the day we all ran into the sea to cool off; perfect end to the trip.

 

Issy Budd - Secretary

 

Email:  usmc.secretary@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: Croton Oil, Rivelin Edge

 

Tune of Choice: Marrakesh Express by Crosby, Stills & Nash

 

Memorable Moment: Going for a chilly November swim in Llyn Ogwen in the snow! Freezing cold we rushed back to the hut and were met with hot showers and whiskey.

 

Izzy Roberts - Treasurer

 

Email:  usmc.treasurer1@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: Jana's Kitchen, Afternoon, Kalymnos

 

Tune of Choice: Move On Up, Curtis Mayfield

 

Memorable Moment: My first club weekend in North Wales, the ascent of Snowden via Crib Goch in a blizzard.

 

Lucy Bradbury - Climbing Co-ordinator

 

Email: lbradbury1@sheffield.ac.uk

 

Favourite Climb: Sifta's Quid, Roaches

 

Tune of Choice: Whatever music Abi plays in my car!

 

Memorable Moment: Making it onto the Macedonian news with Issy and Evie for being "brave" women in the mountains, hours after being chased by a pack of sheep (wild) dogs.

 

Calum Sowden - Walking Co-ordinator

 

Email: usmc.walking@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: Central Trinity, Snowdon

 

Tune of Choice: Telegraph Road, Dire Straits

 

Memorable Moment: The final walk up to Lake Tilicho, the highest in Nepal, hearing  avalanches going off around us but not being able to see them through the early morning mist.

 

Asa Dant - Catering Officer

 

Email: usmc.catering@gmail.com

 

Favourite climb: One Step in the Clouds, Tremadog

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Tune of choice: Twistin’ the night away, Sam Cooke

 

Memorable moment: Getting mopeds for a day in Kalymnos, stopping in the middle of the valley near Vathis to enjoy the view, then very nearly wheelying into a wall as we set off again.

 

Jodi Swift - Publicity and Inclusions Officer

 

Email:  usmc.publicity@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: The Cracks, Dinas Mot

 

Tune of Choice: I Am Disappeared, Frank Turner

 

Memorable Moment: Spending five days bivvying under Cromlech Boulders with friends at the end of first year, and going out climbing and scrambling everyday in perfect weather.

 

Emily Dawes - Social Secretary

 

Email: usmc.socialsec1@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: The Arrow, Pembroke

 

Tune of Choice: Kids, MGMT

 

Memorable Moment: Topping out of a multipitch in the Alps and having a complete epic trying to get back in the dark.

 

Flynn Simpson - Kit Officer

 

Favourite Climb: North Buttress, East Face of Tryfan, Snowdonia

 

Tune of Choice: Concerning Hobbits, Howard Shore

 

Memorable Moment: Attempting a gully scramble in the Llanberis Pass, only to find that after a few days of rain, it was a gushing torrent. Instead of bailing, we decided to make up our own route. All was going well until a worryingly steep & chossy gully ended abruptly, leaving us with a crumbly traverse to safety, or so we thought. We had reached the snow line & now had icy holds to deal with. Tom asked me if I was okay, to which I replied honestly “No, I’m really scared.”, however in a final push we made our way up onto the summit plateau of the Glyders. It ended up being the best day I’ve had in the mountains despite all the sketchiness!

 

Abi Florence Smith - HPM Co-ordinator

 

Email: highpeakmarathon@hotmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: Christmas Curry, Tremadog

 

Tune of Choice: Bongo Bong, Manu Chao

 

Memorable Moment: Making the most sketchy icy crossing of crib goch up to snowden on festive weekend and going skinny dipping on the way back down.

 

Abel McLinden - HPM Co-ordinator

 

Email: usmc.walking@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: It's a scramble, but Buchaille Etive Mor via Curved Ridge is pretty good.

 

Tune of Choice: It's a Longer Road to California than I Thought, The Wind and the Wave

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Memorable Moment: First winter climbing route, Route Major in the Cairngorms. A day of -15c windchill and being out for 14hrs in plenty of powder

Joe Longbottom - Performance and Training Officer

 

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James Lowe - Alumni and Safety Officer

 

Email: usmc.alumniofficer@gmail.com

 

Favourite Climb: North West Arete, Gimmer Crag

 

Tune of Choice: You can call me Al, Paul Simon

 

Memorable Moment: Welsh 3000s in December with snow on Crib Goch and increasingly broken knees.