OXFORD UNIVERSITY MOUNTAINEERING CLUB

PRESIDENT—Ian Faulkner (St Anne's)

The President is responsible for the overall running of the Club, acting as chairman at meetings, and directing the Club's Committee. Together with the Secretary, the President does the bulk of the day-to-day tasks such as answering letters and emails, and representing OUMC at Sports Federation meetings. The President also produces an annual report for the Sports Federation and membership.

Ian is often found scaling the sea cliffs in Pembroke, laybacking or escaping terrible British winters (and summers...) to the perpetually sunny destinations - he claims to have no actual work to do. Which is fortunate.

For the purposes of distinguishing him from all the other Ians, he's also known as Richard.

SECRETARY—John Kinsella (Balliol)

The Secretary works alongside the President and is responsible for correspondance, BMC membership issues, and maintaining minutes of Club meetings.

Joe is an ex-reluctant-trad-climber turned sport climber. For some inexplicable reason he would rather hang off a bolt in a dingy roadside quarry, with a single decent climb, then spend a day climbing a beautiful mountain route in North Wales. He spends far too much time irritating non-climbers by describing in great detail the ‘most incredible move’ on a route.

TREASURER—Andrew Howell (St Edmund Hall)

The Treasurer is responsible for the Club's finances—a job not to be taken lightly! As well as issuing payment for climbing and social events, it is the Treasurer's job to ensure that everyone pays their debts to the Club, and also to collect annual membership fees. At the end of the year, the Treasurer submits the Club's accounts to the Sports Federation.

Andy is tall, gangly, from Devon and prone to talking at length on the true place of origin of the "Cornish" pasty. He like rocks and the rain.

MEETS SECRETARIES—Tom Codrington (Merton) and Steve Robinson (St Edmund Hall)

The Meets Secs are responsible for organizing and running the climbing meets, including booking minibuses and accommodation, and submitting attendance lists to the Sports Federation. Meets Secs will usually require plenty of experience of Club meets, and have the time to attend most of the trips.

Tom tries to climb the longest routes possible in order to justify using esoteric trad techniques and avoid doing any actual hard climbing. He can often be found in Brookes climbing wall wishing he could boulder.

Steve is a Giant Moth that eats Rocks, fires Rockets, has a Swirly Hypnotic Gaze and is Easily Confused

GEAR REP—Michael Pearson (St Edmund Hall)

The Gear Rep looks after the Club's stock of equipment, including ropes, rock shoes, harness, and winter gear (this usually takes up all the space under your bed). He is also responsible for ensuring the kit gets up to Brookes every week, and that it is maintained in a safe and servicable condition. If he's lucky (and the treasurer allows) he may get to purchase shiny new gear.

Michael is a Human-Sized Ant that has Enormous Tusks, controls Human Thought, can Change Colour, and picks up Cars and Throws Them.

LIBRARIAN—Dawn Hollis (Balliol)

The Librarian looks after the Oxford Mountaineering Library, and is responsible for the general maintanence of the collection as well as any new purchases.

Dawn is a somewhat diminutive undergraduate Historian and spends most of her time either reading or trying to convince people that she does a real degree. She is a self-confessed "soft climber", although she does have more mountain-oriented ambitions and will always be happy to fight the corner of mountaineering in debate. Geeky and with an unabashed adoration for "old stuff", she's very happy to talk to anyone interested in the treasure-trove of the mountaineering library and point them to good books. On a more practical note, she will also probably at some point nag you to return guidebooks from meets!

She can shoot laser beams from her eyes, but is usually polite enough not to.

SOCIAL SECRETARIES—Georgina Brooke (St Hilda's) and Jamie Wakeham

The Social Secs are responsible for making sure we all have a good time. Apparently this involves booking venues, and generally organizing parties in and around Oxford...

Georgina Brooke: Lover of life and singer of songs. Dislikes logic. Is always dressed inappropriately, whatever the weather.

Jamie is a freelance supply teacher, climbing instructor and photographer, though not always in that order. He's been a member of the club for years, and no-one has ever quite worked out how to make him go away. His stated aim as social secretary is to get the club as drunk as possible on the finest booze he can procure. His big hat and beard should make it quite clear which side of the trad vs. sport debate he comes down on.

OMJ EDITORS—Beth Hodgett (Mansfield) and Niall Hedderley (Admin)

The Journal Editors spend all year collecting articles, quotes, and reports for the annual Oxford Mountaineering Journal, and then two frantic months putting it all together and getting it printed. They are also responsible for arranging journal exchanges with other mountaineering clubs, as well as selling advertising space.

Beth is into esoteric trad... Really esoteric, "I'm stuck in a tree" trad. Apart from that she dabbles in winter mixed climbing, the odd Alpine route and faffs about trying to boulder at Brookes. When all else fails she often mucks around on photoshop instead of writing essays

Niall came to climbing from hiking and, thus, is a trad climber at heart. He does, though, have a fondness for bouldering at Fontainbleau. He claims that his aversion to sport climbing is due to the lack of good pubs near sport crags (though much the same accusation can be levelled at Font) rather than his lack of skill and strength.

As Journal Editor, he's very keen to hear what climbing trips you've been on or are planning. And, also, to note down those careless, throwaway comments that, taken cruelly out of context, make the Quotes Page so much fun.

He can be easily be recognized on account of his understated (and entirely natural) hair colour.

WEBMASTER—Patrick Timoney (Oriel)

The Webmaster is responsible for the upkeep of this website.

Patrick was elected on a platform of never having delt with websites before but with a brazen promise to learn. Please be patient with him

He can be found climbing at sport, trad and indoor destinations, but most of the time he is actually longingly thinking of really big mountains