The UWCM Caving And Canyoning Club
A Shrine To The Old Boys Of Our Club...
This page is dedicated to those legendary cavers now graduated and gone, who's exploits can never be forgotten!!
"A tribute in song.." (Think-plan-du !)
ROB KENNING (TIGGER)
HE INSISTS ON PERFECTION!
A dentist and self confessed swinger with a passion for wild sports (climbing, canoeing ,kite-buggying etc). Rob's slightly unhinged personality does nothing to diminish our trust and faith in him as our Guru and Oracle of caving and canyoning knowledge. Always at the centre of club activities (especially when ladies are present) Rob is one of the most experienced cavers in our group and represents the older and more mature element of our club (right!)
LAURA JAMES (TROUTY)
A radiographer and born Yorkshire caver. Don't mention her fear of the dark (A rather strange attribute for a caver!) Now larging it "somewhere up north".
DR PETER LOVE (SKIPPY)
Gooday mate! Skippy comes from the outlying Australian island of New Zealand. Descended from a rare tribe of caving Mowri, Skip is renowned for his walkabouts - disappearing during a trip for a spot of solo caving. The self confessed Doctor of Love now lives in London but mysteriously reappears to help the club whenever we undertake a hardcore trip.
GERMAN MARTIN
A Foreign exchange student from Germany .Martin caved with us throughout 2000, and left us with some unforgettable quotes. "STOP, I need to rearrange my legs!", "PRUSICUTING!" etc. Martin's great height allows him to ascend climbs with remarkable ease; it also makes it nearly impossible for him to find over suits that fit.
ALICE STEVENS (Little Elf Girl/ LEG/ Elfie)
Alice graduated in 2002 and is now proping up the NHS with her nursing skills. She joined the club back in 1999. Despite her small size little elf girl, as she was affectionately known, was one of the toughest cavers I have ever met. Her lack of height allowed for rapid progress when others were forced to crawl. Some suspected the illicit use of pixie magic, whatever it was she is a legend of the club. Alice was our captain for 2001.
RIMON
Now a house-officer in North Wales. Rimon joined the club as a hardened climber, and rapidly earned a reputation as a man with no fear! His appointment as safety officer did little to alter his gung-ho approach to caving. Hanging over Rowten main pitch by only one cow's tail, free climbing crazy pitches and deliberately dropping tackle (So I'm informed) so he can rig a solution to retrieve it are all things that spring to mind!
OAK
Rimons partner in crime! Oak now resides somewhere in the hell that is the Welsh NHS as an SHO..
ANDREAS
Andreas was sent to us from German branch to replace Martin in 2001. Andreas was a true jack of all trades, reportedly holding the record for greatest number of club memberships. A great caver who did sterling service as our minibus caver. Oh and how can we forget:
"Alle meinen entchen schwimmen auf dem zee, kopfen in das wasser schwanzen in die Hoh!"
