Sport

Fellwalking and Mountaineering Club

The Fell Walking and Mountaineering club is one of the most established and active clubs at Sheffield Hallam. They organise events most weeks including day walks into the Peak District or weekend mountaineering trips to Snowdonia, the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District.

Contact

Chair: Daniel Thomas
Email: a9025166@my.shu.ac.uk

Trips

(Almost) every Sunday we go on a daywalk in the Peak District which is a 20/30min bus or train ride from the center of Sheffield, and roughly every 3 weeks we go on a weekend trip to some other place in the UK.

For our weekend trips, we travel to such places as North Wales, South Wales, the Lake District, North Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales, The New Forest, Northumberland and Scotland.

In June 2009 we went on week long trip to the magnificent mountains of Alt de Sella in Spain, where we did walking, climbing, via ferrata, mountain biking and sea kayaking as well as having a great relaxing time in the sun.

But of course we don’t just go walking. After our weekly meetings (traditionally held in a class room on Tuesday night) we always go for a pint (or two) to one of the local pubs.
Once every 3 to 4 weeks we also organize a social event, such as 10-pin bowling, pub golf, laser quest, go-karting, Alton Towers, the always popular Brewery Tour and some very interesting pub crawls.

Another of our yearly highlights is the Christmas Dinner, where we not only gather for some good food and drink, but also honour and award members that have done something outstanding, memorable, or just plain hilarious.

We meet every Tuesday during term at 7.30pm in room 924, Owen Building (main building @ City Campus), so feel free to come along! Subject to change contact us for more details.

Getting Started

Must have stuff:
•A waterproof coat of some description
•A small rucksack to carry your lunch
•Lunch (the more sharable the better)
•Water (about a 1L)
•Tough footwear (boots preferably)
•Biscuit of choice! (very important!)
•A bit of money for method of transport (train, bus ect).
Optional stuff (common sense stuff)
•Warm hat, gloves, scarf (if cold)
•Water proof trousers (if the weathers toss!)
•Your own map (if you don’t trust the navigator)

Weekend Away trips
•A good, warm, water proof coat
•A small rucksack to walk with
•A larger bag to transport your belongings
•Water bottle
•Boots!!! (vital for rugged ground and proper mountains)
•Water proof trousers (Are bang on when its really wet)
•At least a change of clothes
•Clothes you might like to were out in town
•Sleeping bag/ carry mat for most accommodation
•Meals to cook or money to buy meals
•Odds are that you will need a hat, gloves
•A torch is always handy