Golden Nut Hunt in Arapiles

**This trip has been postponed, date to be confirmed.**

Are you enthusiastic about climbing, riddles and ciphers? Save the weekend 18-20th October 2019 for Arapiles treasure hunt! To the current MUMC-approved qualification system, there is now an alternative pathway: you can enter from the outside as 'Logbook Lead Climber' or 'Logbook Seconder' by demonstrating your previous experience. You’ll need to submit a record of your competence (= climbing adventures) to and cc Jack McCutchan (). Deadline to do so is 1st October so that there is enough time for reviewing your logbook and doing the related paperwork before the trip goes ahead. Logbook must contain: date, location, route name, grade, length, protection style (bolted/mixed/trad), climbing partners, notes (optional); Can be a spreadsheet document, scanned hard copy, exported data from thecrag.com, anything that covers the required information.

Read carefully the qualification criteria below:

Logbook Seconder

- Can show 200 m or 6 climbs as a seconder on trad routes

- Enters the system after the Intro course, so still needs to go through the probation period

- Can't set up top rope anchors for novices until they have passed their Seconder assessment items.

Logbook Lead Climber

 - Can show 500m or 10 climbs as a leader on trad routes

 - Stays in probation period (can only climb with other leaders) until they have demonstrated rescue skills, guided abseil, trip leader induction

Novices are allowed on the trip, but the number of beginners we can take will depend on how many instructors will sign up. For detailed info about ‘who can climb with whom’ take a look at the chart below: 

Please, indicate your qualification level in the signup form. If you are currently not in the system, but you intend to submit your logbook, mark yourself as Logbook Seconder/Lead Climber. Teams of likely 2-3 people will be formed (or possibly car crews) following the flowchart guidelines, making sure that each team has appropriate set of skills. 

As for the game:

The ultimate goal: discover the location and retrieve The Golden Nut that will be hidden somewhere in Mount Arapiles before the other teams do (if they do…).

Game outline: Upon arrival at Arapiles on Friday night, each team receives their first clues for their initial climbs on Saturday. Each subsequent climb provides unique pieces of code you need to collect. You will have time on Saturday evening to crack the (hopefully) full code, note that only the right algorithm provides directions to the golden nut location to be climbed on Sunday. You might find useful to brush up on your knowledge of Arapiles history, geology, fauna and flora, internet might not be allowed (to be confirmed).

Get excited, trip meeting will happen on Tuesday 15th October at 7 pm, see you there!