Lately, we’ve been receiving a lot of questions on our Facebook page, thank you all for showing so much interest!
We’ve noticed that most of the questions are very similar, so here are the answers to your most asked questions all in one place.
I missed your taster sessions, is it too late to try before I buy a membership?
No! You can still join us at Alien Rock 2 on this Sunday and next between 1 and 5, and at Alien Rock 1 on Wednesday at the same times. Next week is the last week our sessions are open to non-members, so come along if you’re interested.
How can I become a member of the club?
You head over to https://www.napierstudents.com/organisation/sports/rockclimbingclub/ and purchase an ENSA Sports Card and a sports membership. Once you have the ENSA Sports Card you can join as many sports clubs as you like without having to pay the £20 again.
But I can’t log in to napierstudents.com…
Have you remembered to put @live.napier.ac.uk? If you have and still can’t get it to work, double check your matriculation number is right, or use your personal email.
What happens once I’ve payed for my membership?
We will add you to the closed group NRCC – Napier Rock Climbing Club. This might take a little while because we have not yet received admin access from ENSA to see who has payed their membership, but if you are very eager to get in, send us a message with a screen dump of your confirmation email and we will get it sorted.
What happens in the closed group?
This is where all the magic happens! We put up plans of the month ahead so you can all see what’s coming up, we announce our socials, sessions and trips, and our members can post if they’re going climbing out of session times in case someone wants to join. There are also occasionally people trying to sell or buy gear, posting links to sales in outdoors shops or other relevant information to our members.
I see that you’re doing ice climbing in Glasgow on Saturday, can I join?
This is a members event, so you will have had to payed your membership. If you’re not yet on the group, there is a post on our public page, here, where you can put your name down before 10pm Thursday night. Due to limited spaces, if we have huge interest, we will do a draw of who can come.
Once I have my membership, do I have to pay to climb at Alien Rock?
Yes. You can find Alien Rock’s prices on their website, and Alien1 do a student deal on kit hire, £2 for harness and shoes. Many of our members have bought the student membership at Alien Rock, where they’ve payed a certain amount of money to climb as much as they want over the academic year. If you want more info have a look at their website, ask the staff or any of us climbers.
Should I buy my own kit?
This depends on how much you’re planning to climb, but if you think you’ll be joining us twice a week, every week, we would definitely recommend you do. A personal harness would be more comfortable than the once you hire, and having a pair of shoes is good for when we go outdoor climbing, as the club only have harnesses and no shoes to lend out. There will be a post up on the blog soon about what sort of kit is handy and where to get it.
What is the infamous Pub Climb?
This is an event that you definitely do not want to miss. Put aside Wednesday 28th for meeting new people, participating in challenges and drunken antics with the NRCC! Event page will be up on Facebook shortly. This event is also open to non-members.
