ESOC Climbing Club

We are pleased to offer another Beginners Course for rope climbing.

Date:                   21/11 and 23/11/2023
Time:                   from 18:30 to 21:30 on both days
Location:           High Moves in Bensheim
Cost:                    20€ (not included in club membership)

The course will take place with a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 12 people.
If more people are interested, an optional second course on a separate date may be organized.

Participation on both days is mandatory!

The fee for the course is only partially subsidised by the Club. If you are not a member yet, please register with the club as well.

The 20€ are to be paid on top of the club membership.

This of course entitles you to all remaining club nights in 2023 where you can put your newly acquired climbing skills to the test, both in the climbing and bouldering club nights.

There is no previous experience or equipment needed (bouldering or otherwise), so anybody is welcome.

If you are interested, send an email to michael.ammon@ext.esa.int latest by Monday 13/11/23 12:00.

Our summer break is about to conclude and therefore:

The Climbing Club is resuming weekly Club Nights!

As last season, the club nights will be Thursdays, alternating between Climbing in Bensheim and Bouldering either as a Club Night in Pfungstadt or a Community Night in Darmstadt.

The schedule for September 2023 has been added to the Clubnight Calendar.

Hope to see you all at the wall!

Another year has gone by, and it is time to officially close it out.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to join us for the ESOC Climbing Club Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday 19/01/2023 at 18:00.

The meeting will take place in person, at ESOC (room to be announced).

For ESOC Externals, please let us know latest by Monday, 16/01/2023 whether you wish to attend, so we can inform the ESOC security to get your visitor badges prepared.

An invitation with the points to discuss has been distributed already.

Note: 
Please note that the Club is looking for new candidates for the committee positions of Chairman (*woman), Secretary and Equipment Officer. Furthermore, we are looking for someone to support us on web design. If you are interested, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We are happy to give you more information and answer any questions you might have. 

Looking forward to see you all in the AGM…

We know that a lot of you have been waiting for good news on this topic, so let´s get right to the point:

The Climbing Club is finally resuming weekly Club Nights!!!

In an attempt to avoid the peak days Tuesday and Wednesday (as we have experienced them for years) and yet providing flexibility for a maximum amount of club members to join our activities, the committee has decided to change the club night pattern.

We will be alternating monthly between Mondays and Thursdays, starting with Thursdays in April, followed by Mondays throughout May.

The Club Night for April – May 2022 have been added to the Clubnight Calendar.

Hope to see you all at the wall!

We (the club committee) would like to invite you to join us for the ESOC Climbing Club Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday, 26/01/2022 at 18:00.

Unfortunately again the event will be hosted virtually on MS Teams this year for well-known reasons. The invitation was distributed via email to the Climbing Club mailing list a few days ago.

Looking forward to see you all in the AGM…

We (the club committee) would like to invite you to join us for the ESOC Climbing Club Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday, 14/01/2021 at 19:00.

This year the event will be hosted on WebEx for well-known reasons. The invitation will be distributed via Email to the Climbing Club mailing list before the meeting.

Following the SSCC measures and guidelines recommended by local authorities all climbing club activities incl. club nights have been suspended until further notice.

Also, the Climbing Club beginner’s event had to be cancelled for now, but we hope to offer it again at a later point in time.

Please be advised:  At the moment (status 2020-03-19) our two club night climbing/boulder locations StudioBloc in Pfungstadt and High Moves in Bensheim are closed due to the Corona virus. Boulderhaus and the DAV center in Darmstadt are both closed as well.

Stay healthy…

Have you ever wanted to learn to climb and (even more important) how to securely belay your climbing partner?

Also in 2020,  the ESOC climbing club is happy to offer you a beginner’s climbing course at the climbing gym in Bensheim (High Moves – Beginner’s Course).
The course is held in English and split in two sessions on 17/03/2020 and 19/03/2020.

What will I learn?

• Safety instructions, e.g. how to put on the harness correctly, the right knots, partner check.
• Belaying of another climber, e.g. how to safely belay, take in (hold in position), and lower people.
• Basic fall training into the rope, for climber and belayer.

With this knowledge you’ll be able to participate in future club nights and climb and belay safely.

How to participate?

An email with all the necessary information was sent to the climbing club distribution list. In case you have not received it or you are not yet member of the club yet, just get in contact with Volker or someone else from the committee.

Another year has gone by… The time has come to wrap up 2019 and discuss the (almost) endless possibilities for 2020. Therefore, the ESOC Climbing Club Committee sincerely invites you to join us for the 2019 Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 10 December 2019 at 18:00 at ESOC, Room H.IV.
We decided to follow in last years’ tradition and host it on-site. We will try to keep the meeting brief and efficient. But of course there is the option to go for a drink afterwards at a near-by location.

For offsite people, please read carefully:

• if you have an ESA badge: you should be fine, just come join us in H.IV. If you don’t know where the room is or you are not sure if your badge grants you access to the H-building, meet us at 17:45 at the gate house. We will then go to the room together.
• if you don’t have an ESA badge: please let us know that you are coming before Thursday, 5th December, EOB. We will then register you as visitors. Please arrive at 17:45 with an official picture ID (drivers licences are not accepted) at the gate house. We will come and pick you up collectively.

At the AGM, we will be reviewing club activities and finances in 2019 but also speak about the planning for 2020. If you have topics you would like addressed, please feel free to send an email to any of the committee members beforehand or bring them up at the meeting directly.

We are very proud to say that the ESOC climbing club has grown substantially in numbers compared to last year and we (the ESOC climbing club committee) hope very much that this will be reflected in number of participants at the AGM!
Joining this meeting is your opportunity to show us which activities you liked in 2019 or would like improved for 2020. We are grateful for any type of feedback and open to new ideas.

Be assured that the club values your ideas and depends on your input and initiative!

So in a nutshell: Please join us for the AGM, because climbing matters!

With the end of summer getting closer, the ESOC climbing club nights will start again. The first club night after the break will be bouldering in Pfungstadt next Monday, the 16th of September.

Check out the club calendar, which has been updated with all the dates until end of 2019.