On a fateful Saturday morning, the BUCS half of the trip went to the climbing works. Joel, Alesia, Cally, and Raff set off early for route judging, whilst the others awoke from their slumber (someone was snoring on the left side of the overflow room). Joel returned after collecting a comedic number of oat cakes from a local farm shop - what a man does with 30 oat cakes is up to the imagination. Joel, working as the club uber driver, picked everyone up and drove them back to Sheffield.
As Alesia prepared to indulge in the free coffee promised to the route judges, to her great sadness, she found out this was a luxury afforded to only new route judges, sending her into a fit of rage.
Once everyone arrived at the climbing works, the team regrouped for a quick warmup and then started climbing! The team spent the next three hours climbing hard, while Joel kept morale high by handing out jelly beans.
After competing, the climbers indulged in a cheeky nando’s, rewarding themselves for a hard day’s work. Alesia, in a moment of clarity, realized that her score was wrong, and she got joel to ring up the climbing works and reclaim her 10 hard-earned points.
They then headed back to the climbing works, joined by the outdoor climbers, who packed into the gym like sardines. After watching the finals, everyone headed back to the hut for some well-deserved sleep.
The team did better than they have in recent years, with Luke placing 11th (higher than anyone from Bath has before!) and Emma placing 51st for women’s.
The final scores were: Have a Google mate
Written by Emma and Emma alone. If there are any issues with this please take them up with her.