Victorian Climbing Club

Club Events

All club events are listed on the website - please check here for changes to the event schedule or subscribe to our events feed.

Western Grampians	11 Sep 2010 to 12 Sep 2010

Location: Black Ian's Rocks	Josh Mills
Details: Intermediate level trip. Contact Josh for more details.

Arapiles	25 Sep 2010 to 26 Sep 2010

Location: Mount Arapiles	Josh Mills
Details: Intermediate level trip. Contact Josh for more details

Grampians	9 Oct 2010 to 10 Oct 2010

Location: Dreamtime Wall	Josh Mills
Details: Intermediate level trip. Contact Josh for details.

Cathedral Ranges	16 Oct 2010 to 17 Oct 2010

Location: South Jawbones	Tracey Skinner 0419 563 733
Details: Intermediate to Advanced This is a limited number trip Please contact leader beforehand to confirm level and availability.

VCC Annual Dinner	30 Oct 2010

Location: Araps of course	Tracey Skinner 0419 563 733
Details: Every year we congregate. Every year we bloat ourselves. On good food. On good wine. On good beer. (or basically, whatever's going!) All in celebration of climbing! Its always a good night. What's on the menu for this year - to be honest, I have no idea. I'll let you know as soon as I do. But it will be tasty! Mark it in your diary now!!

Cup Weekend	30 Oct 2010 to 2 Nov 2010

Location: Arapiles	Andrew Clark
Details: Why watch a silly horse race when you can go climbing? Added bonus of the Annual Dinner too... Contact Andrew for details.

Grampians	13 Nov 2010 to 14 Nov 2010

Location: Rosea	Josh Mills
Details: Intermediate level trip. Contact Josh for deails.

You Yangs Beginner and Open levels trip	28 Nov 2010

Location: Big Rock, You Yangs	Tracey Skinner 0419 563 733
Details: More info to follow on this trip. Club trip on a Recreational event at the You Yangs! Fund-raiser for Barwon Health/children's hospital. Stay tuned and drop me a line if you're interested.

VCC Christmas BBQ	9 Dec 2010

Location: Burnley Bouldering Wall	Tracey skinner 0419 563 733
Details: XMAS at the Wall! You bring your food. We bring the BBQ. You cook it. You climb. You eat. You climb. You eat. We draw the Raffle. And hopefully, you win a prize. Even if you don't, it's always a good night.

Australia Day Week(end)	15 Jan 2011 to 30 Jan 2011

Location: Mount Buffalo	Andrew Clark
Details: What are you up to Australia Day 2011? How about heading to Mount Buffalo? This may seem like a long way away, but booking for the campsites open in September and go quickly so please register you interest early. Please contact Andrew for more details or to register your interest.

How do I know what level I am?

For the purposes of VCC trips: You are a *Beginner* climber if: You can tie yourself in using a figure of eight knot and you have a harness, helmet, suitable footwear, one sling and a screw gate karabiner. You are an *Intermediate* climber if: You can tie yourself in using a figure of eight knot plus you can safely belay and second a lead climber, you can abseil and you have a harness, helmet, suitable footwear, several long slings, two screw gate karabiners, nut pick and belay device. You are an *Advanced* climber if: You meet the Intermediate criteria plus you can lead climb using traditional gear, you can set up belays on multi pitch climbs and you have all the above mentioned gear plus a rack and a rope. All intending trip participants are advised to read VCC Trip Participants' Guidelines. Contact the trip leader or email for more details.