AURAC - Auckland University Rock and Alpine Club

Final event for the year hosted by Northern Rocks, come join us for the best Halloween climbing vibes around!

See you tomorrow 🎃👻🎃

One of our new Snow School graduates Holley has contributed to AURAC's blog - check out her post to see the shenanigans Snow School #4 got up to!

Beginner Snow School 4 On Monday the 28th of September one mother duck (Kiera), one father duck (Leo) and 7 ducklings (Aaron, Abbie, Alana, Ariel, Dale, Holley, Toby) waddled down to National Park. We stopped off in Te Kuiti for some nice curry and watched a concerning number of cats wandering about the main road. The fir...

AURAC’s stint at the clubs expo is all wrapped up, but you can still make the most of our discounted O-week membership prices!

UoA students: $15 (regular price $20)
Non-UoA: $30

Sign up for Semester 2: https://forms.gle/mJFj4eiSrd4Ww9WX8

Membership perks:

⭐️Weekly club nights at Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre
⭐️Indoor and outdoor climbing/alpine trips in New Zealand
⭐️Free instruction courses
⭐️Free gear hire
⭐️ Discounts at Auckland sport shops and indoor climbing gyms
⭐️Meet other climbers
⭐️Have fun!

Sign up to join us on what’s promising to be an exciting semester of climbing (see pics for a taster of our upcoming Re-O-Trip…)

Check out the new post on the Instructor Development Course (IDC) by our president, Kiera.

The IDC took a crew of soon-to-be Snow School instructors from practicing their teaching skills in Cornwall Park to putting their alpine skills to use on Mt Ruapehu.

Keep an eye out for more insights into the Beginner and Advanced Snow Schools!

Instructor Development Course (Alpine) The Instructor Development Course is an AURAC/AUTC-run course to develop our snow school instructor’s teaching abilities and alpine skills before teaching the students. It’s a fantastic opportunity to further develop our skills. We made it through the wet weather at Cornwall Park, where we pract...

Stream the first round of the IFSC Cimbing World Cup Series here! The Men’s Boulder Finals are on tonight.

Men's Boulder final || Hachioji 2023 The IFSC World Cup Series 2023 kicked off in Hachioji, Japan, from 21 to 23 April. A total of 171 climbers gathered at the Esforta Arena, on the outskirts of...

AURAC took some time out of last weekend’s O-Trip climbing to help out the owners at Waipari with some crag cleanup. This included gathering up debris from the recent storms as well as building some new barrels for the toilet block.

It was great seeing our climbers giving back to the farm - many hands definitely made light work!

SPREAD THE SEND‼️ Help people get stoked on climbing by volunteering at our clubs expo stall! The expo is on next Monday 27th of Feb - Wednesday 1st of March at City Campus on Old Government House Lawn, and on Thursday 2nd of March in Grafton Campus in the Main Foyer. Click the roster link posted in the comments to sign up!

Last Sunday, AURAC ran a lead climbing instructional day at Stonefields giving a chance for climbers to learn how to lead climb and belay outdoors. After going over the theory and technique, the climbers then got to put it into practice on the wall. Overall it was a great learning experience, and an important first step for those looking to one day become independent climbers.

A huge thank you to Kiera Montgomery for organising and running the event, and to Aidan Sarginson and James Brown for assisting as instructors!

This weekend the Advanced Snow School class of 2021 met up for Silly Sunday (to seriously revise some skills) which included navigating the treacherous Stonefields and Mount Wellington to find clues, roping up for glacier travel blindfolded, and hauling some people up the wall. Only two eggs and a little bit of skin were sacrificed on the day.

A massive thank you to Sophie Jenkins and Alex Marsden for organising and running this event!

If you find yourself lost on a tramp or walk in the outdoors, and you have a weak signal or low battery, call 111 immediately.

Do not waste time and phone battery trying to change your voicemail message.

There is a post circulating on social media channels, particularly in outdoor, tramping and community groups on Facebook, that recommends people change their voicemail message rather than calling 111 when they are lost and have low battery on their phone.

This post contains incorrect advice that could be life threatening.

If you use up the last of your battery changing your voicemail, chances are nobody will know you need help.

If there is no cellular signal you will not even be able to change your voicemail message.

Before you go for a tramp or walk in the great outdoors let family and/or friends know where you’re going, and when to expect you back. Even better – make use of the 'Plan my Walk' app, which helps you plan and prepare your trip, including leaving trip intentions and advising contacts of your plans. More info here - planmywalk.nz

And take a distress beacon! These can be hired for as little as $10 and are an absolute lifesaver if you are in a life-threatening situation and need help. They can be hired or bought from outdoor stores and DOC visitor centres.

Get ready to refresh your carabiners or cop the latest Arc'teryx, the Bivouac Outdoor Queen Street AURAC discount night is coming up soon! Get ready for 25% everything (excluding the usual).

29th July 6:00pm-8:30pm. Those in the know will know how incredible their spot prizes are ;)

See you there!

DRIVERS NEEDED
We're looking for anyone who can drive for tonights club night as we're short two seats
If you can drive, put your phone number in the comments and we'll get in contact with you
Thanks :)

Come one, come all, and join us at Birkenhead on the 31st of March for our club night.

Club nights occur every Wednesday night (lockdown depending) from 7-9pm at Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre

So if you are completely new to climbing, or you send the hardest climbs, we’d love to see you all down there to start off this year of Climbing! Just fill in this Google form so we can get an idea of numbers, and organize transport for the club night. See you there
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScluJs5BhZgMd3zdkvVUYvNKcm84Tc-0tDRMb9sgDEBitFhiw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Birkenhead Club night Sign up - 31st of March IF YOU WANT TO COME OR IF YOU CAN DRIVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SIGN UP! You are invited to come climb with some rad peeps this Wednesday night from 7pm to 9pm for some sport climbing at Birkenhead at AURAC's first club night of the year! If you have never been please fill out the waiver beforehand!! htt...

Attention anyone who signed up for club night tonight
We're short 5 seats to get everyone to Birkenhead tonight.
So if will be able to drive some people, can you please message us with how many people you can drive, it'll be greatly appreciated!

Come one, come all!!

Who's excited for another sendy club night?!

Club nights occur every Wednesday night (lockdown depending) from 7-9pm at Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre

So if you are completely new to climbing, or you send the hardest climbs, we’d love to see you all down there to start off this year of Climbing! Just fill in this Google form so we can get an idea of numbers, and organize transport for the club night. See you there
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScluJs5BhZgMd3zdkvVUYvNKcm84Tc-0tDRMb9sgDEBitFhiw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Birkenhead Club night Sign up - 10th of March IF YOU WANT TO COME OR IF YOU CAN DRIVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SIGN UP! You are invited to come climb with some rad peeps this Wednesday night from 7pm to 9pm for some sport climbing at Birkenhead at AURAC's first club night of the year! If you have never been please fill out the waiver beforehand!! htt...

Come one, come all!!

Who's excited for our first club night of 2021?! (Thanks lockdown for cancelling it last week)

Club nights occur every Wednesday night (lockdown depending) from 7-9pm at Birkenhead Pool and Leisure Centre

So if you are completely new to climbing, or you send the hardest climbs, we’ll love to see you all down there to start off this year of Climbing! Just fill in this Google form so we can get an idea of numbers, and organize transport for those who need it

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScluJs5BhZgMd3zdkvVUYvNKcm84Tc-0tDRMb9sgDEBitFhiw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Birkenhead Club night Sign up - 10th of March IF YOU WANT TO COME OR IF YOU CAN DRIVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO SIGN UP! You are invited to come climb with some rad peeps this Wednesday night from 7pm to 9pm for some sport climbing at Birkenhead at AURAC's first club night of the year! If you have never been please fill out the waiver beforehand!! htt...

Stay up to date with AURAC this year on any and all platforms that suit you! JOIN on the website to be added to the email list where you can find out about upcoming events and trips