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To help people pass the time and to remember what life was pre-virus, there is a collection of videos, posts, journal articles etc available from the top menu of the web-site. Please take a look at what is available under “Staying in there!” from the menu above. There you will find: “Virtual Meet Gallery” – a growing collection of videos of the virtual indoor meets organised by Dominic Oughton “On the Hill with…” – a growing collection of reminiscences and reflections of RC Members interviewed by Andy Tomlinson “Classic Journal Articles” – a growing collection of articles from the RC Journal compiled and transcribed by Andy Tomlinson All of these are being added to as time goes by and will provide an impressive library to help us all “Stay in there!” and stay safe in these strange times. Many thanks to all involved.

It was fantastic to “see” so many of you at the Club’s first ‘virtual’ indoor meet. I counted over 130, including many from around the country, or elsewhere in the world (including Chamonix and New Zealand!), who wouldn’t have made it if we’d been at Heaton Moor Rugby Club. Perhaps there’s a small silver lining to the current weird situation. For those of you who couldn’t make it, you can enjoy the outputs on ‘catch up’ here: https://vimeo.com/406157475 If you had technical issues joining the meeting then get in touch and I’ll try to talk you through some troubleshooting and we can get you onboard next week. Talking of which, I’m really looking forward to our next Virtual Indoor Meet! Joe Fisher and Andy Barlass will be sharing a tale of ‘There and Back Again – A Scottish Odyssey” on Tuesday 14th April. The show will start at 7:30pm prompt, with ‘doors open’ at 7pm to give you time to get settled, grab the best seats and perhaps have a chat with everyone else, or at least say hello! Here’s the link to join the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/299228028 Meeting ID: 299 228 028 but you’ll need to enter a password to[…]

Excellent presentation, thank you Dom – but who was the dodgy character in the cap and dark glasses pretending to be Bill?

Breaking Zoom news – Zoom has just unilaterally mandated password entry by default for all meetings (even those already scheduled – something to do with stopping people “bombing in” with porn broadcasting; spoilsports!) Anyway, the original link below should still work but when you get asked for a password it’s the year the Rucksack Club was founded (if you don’t know that, it’s not too tricky to find, but hopefully beyond the AI bots…) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/780950881 Meeting ID: 780 950 881 Password: Year of Rucksack Club founding Also, I’ve had a few requests for “tech support” on Zoom. There’s a 1 minute video here that gives you the basics. https:youtu.behIkCmbvAHQQ … and I plan to be “at the meeting early” from 7pm to help with any teething problems. Or phone me if you get stuck (but don’t leave it until 7.30pm tomorrow!!!) Looking forward to “seeing” lots of you tomorrow – meanwhile stay healthy and “Stay In There!” Cheers, Dom

If you’d like a bit of light relief, how about this! https://www.climbing.com/news/search-and-rescue-groups-urge-people-to-stop-climbing-cabinetry-during-pandemic/

Looks like “Get Out There!” has been replaced by “Stay In There!” for a while, so we’re going to try holding a virtual meet. Bill and I have volunteered to run a “pilot” with a slideshow on our most recent “Excellent Adventure” on El Cap, and depending how it goes (and how many volunteers we get) we might continue with a monthly or even weekly session. Settle down in front of your laptop / tablet / phone with your favourite tipple and join us! We’ll be using a service called Zoom Meeting and we’ll be in touch via email with the log in details. Please don’t be put off by the tech, and feel free to message me ahead of time if you want talking through it. Hopefully catch up with loads of you next week. Cheers, Dom

In this period of lockdown when most of you are suffering from terminal cabin fever, occupy yourselves with writing that article you always meant to write but never had the time. There’s nothing worth watching on the box, so put pen to paper and the day will fly by. I have drafted some Notes for Contributors to help you and me!  Hon Ed