Weekend Climbing (ROC)

To join this trip, visit http://roc.org.au/trips/trip-info/?trip_id=4928 and click 'Join trip' at the bottom of that page.

What better way to spend a weekend than climbing at Arapiles.
Departing Melbourne on Friday night and returning Sunday afternoon, we will camp at the Pines campground at the base of Mt. Arapiles. The climbing is spectacular at this time of year and if it gets too hot there a quite a few pleasant swimming holes to paddle in during the suns scorching desert heat.
There is the potential to organise a pizza night at the pizza oven in Nati.
Equipment needed:

• Climbing helmet
• Climbing harness
• Climbing shoes
• Tent
• Sleeping Bag
• Sleeping Mat
• Camp cooking utensils
• Food for four days
• Water for four days
• Esky
• Beer
• Warm clothing (deserts are cold in the evening)
• Swimming gear (deserts can be hot during the day)
  Head to the ROC gear room to hire most of these goodies (Tuesday and Thursday 6:30-7:30)
  Trip costs:
• Fuel: $40- $60
• Camping: $5 per night - total $10 (organise yourselves online with the other passengers in your car)
• Club fees for trip: $10 per day - total $20 (plus any extra gear that you hire for camping)
  *** Car-pooling will be arranged by the trip leader. Indicating you can be a driver doesn't mean you will be a driver. If you don't want to be part of the car-pooling arrangements (ie because you want to sleep in your vehicle) please note this in the comments. ***
  See you all there!

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How to join this trip, run by the ROC (RMIT Outdoors Club):
Step 1: If you're not already a member of the RMIT Outdoors Club (roc.org.au), goto the link and sign up (https://roc.org.au/how-we-work/how-to-join/).
Membership is $35 for students, $70 for non-students (half-year memberships are also available)
Step 2: Sign up to the trip via their site (http://roc.org.au/trips/trip-info/?trip_id=4928) to secure your place, and so we've got your details for the trip
Step 3: During the week prior to the trip, the trip organiser will get in touch (usually via email) to organise car-pooling, and finalise the trip details

Equipment / What you need to bring;
If you need camping/cooking/sleeping equipment for overnight trips, the gear-room at the RMIT Outdoor Club has everything you might need as well (https://roc.org.au/how-we-work/how-to-hire-gear/). As a bonus, membership also includes access to discounts at climbing gyms, gear and other bonus goodies! (roc.org.au has more details!)
Please read the description above for specifics on equipment required - as a minimum, the climbing gear needed for outdoor trips includes a harness, climbing helmet and climbing shoes

About ROC: Find out more about us, and what we're about here: https://roc.org.au/how-we-work/
Check us out on Facebook here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/RMITOutdoorsClub/ ... or https://www.facebook.com/groups/638757456179118/ for our climbing specific group
Feel free to jump onto the facebook group and let us know if anyone has any questions -- the trip leader (see the link at the top of the page) is always happy to help