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53 members of the UGMC shared the 120 person hostel with about 60 of the ULOPC, in a bid to reduce cost and foster inter-university relations by the committee. Reviews from the club trippers found this did not help improve relationships, and numerous incidents, primarily [https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php/The_Bugle#The_Glendalough_Heist the Great Bugle Theft] caused many unfavourable opinions of the ULOPC to be developed. | 53 members of the UGMC shared the 120 person hostel with about 60 of the ULOPC, in a bid to reduce cost and foster inter-university relations by the committee. Reviews from the club trippers found this did not help improve relationships, and numerous incidents, primarily [https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php/The_Bugle#The_Glendalough_Heist the Great Bugle Theft] caused many unfavourable opinions of the ULOPC to be developed. | ||
[[File:St_patrick_appears_to_ugmc.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|St. Patrick appearing to the club on Log Na Coille, demonstrating that the club is truly favoured by his Lord Almighty.]] | |||
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'''Location''': Glendalough | '''Location''': Glendalough | ||
'''Hostel''': Glendalough | '''Hostel''': Glendalough International Hostel | ||
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Day 2 was spent in the boulder fields of Glendalough, but some say that they spent more time at the nearby coffee van than climbing... | Day 2 was spent in the boulder fields of Glendalough, but some say that they spent more time at the nearby coffee van than climbing... | ||
== Events == | == Events == | ||
=== Emma's Return === | === Emma's Return === | ||
Former club member and American exchange student Emma Shepherd returned to visit the club and [https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php/Emma%27s_Return to complete a forfeit]. This was a very wholesome moment, in an otherwise cruel world full of UL people. | |||
=== The Apparition of St. Patrick === | === The Apparition of St. Patrick === | ||
The final day of the club trip coincided with St. Patrick's day, on the eve of this holy day, an apparition of the Saint himself was seen leaving the holy monastic settlement (Glendalough | The final day of the club trip coincided with St. Patrick's day, on the eve of this holy day, an apparition of the Saint himself was seen leaving the holy monastic settlement (Glendalough International Hostel). He led a group of devote pilgrims to the highest point that side of the country. Upon the pulpit at the summit he delivered a sermon to his followers. | ||
On the holy day itself he was again seen preaching to his congregation and blessing his day with some holy beer. He was later sighted again in the holy town of Newbridge, entranced by the tractors on display. | |||
=== The Prank War === | |||
All agree that the UGMC-ULOPC prank war began when UL smeared [https://www.vaseline.com/us/en/p/vaseline-healing-jelly-original.html/00305212352009 Vaseline®] on the door handles of Club bedrooms. The club returned fire by using UL's own climbing rope to tie all of their door handles together. After this a truce was reached, however UL broke this truce with a most unforgiving act; [https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php/The_Bugle#The_Glendalough_Heist stealing the Club Bugle on the final day of the trip]. | |||
=== The | == Notable Food & Drink == | ||
Numerous food and drink was consumed. Here is some of the highlights. | |||
=== The Egg Liquor === | |||
American exchange student Tarq was extremely cultured, so much so that he possessed the previously unheard of “Egg Liquor”. The bottle was sapphire blue, tall and thin, imported from an unknown source. The liquid itself was yellow and thick, like that of an egg yoke. The scholars at UGMC were incredibly confused by this substance and tried to fry it, mix it and scramble it. Ultimately it was decided that drinking it straight was the best method of consumption. The flavour could only be described as “eggy”. Multiple people, including Ex-Captain Jack, regretted the egg liquor in the morning. | |||
===The UL Milk Fridge=== | |||
UL promised its members that there would be one litre of milk for every one of its denizens. The consequence of this was they needed to store it all. Despite there being limited fridge space, the vast greed of UL led them to filling one of two whole fridges with 3L cartons of milk. The UGMC helped themselves to as much of this milk as they could. | |||
Latest revision as of 12:54, 1 November 2025
The 2025 Club Trip to Glendalough, also known as Glendacock 2025 took place in semester 2 of the 2024/25 academic year. It was notable for numerous reasons, mainly for being the first collaborative club trip ever, which involved sharing the hostel between the UGMC and the University of Limerick Outdoors Pursuits Club (ULOPC).
53 members of the UGMC shared the 120 person hostel with about 60 of the ULOPC, in a bid to reduce cost and foster inter-university relations by the committee. Reviews from the club trippers found this did not help improve relationships, and numerous incidents, primarily the Great Bugle Theft caused many unfavourable opinions of the ULOPC to be developed.
Details
Date: 14th - 17th March 2025
Location: Glendalough
Hostel: Glendalough International Hostel
Hikes
Day 1
The first day involved a hike around the hills surrounding the Glendalough valley. The short hike left from the hostel and traversed the hills on the opposite side of the valley to Spinc until they reached the road by the hydro-power station.
The longer hike that day was billed as "the torture hike", which involved the same route as the short but rather than stopping at the power station, continuing on back to the hostel via the Spinc. The day's weather was glorious and some deer were encountered, some more dead than others... Despite the enjoyeable day, all hikers who undertook the torture route complained that it was anything-but, and was frankly a walk in the park (or garden, I should say).
Day 2
Hiking VC Joe naturally took offense to the jibes at his route-making, so instructed the still-hungry torture hikers to walk back to the hostel from Log na Coille (Lugnaquilla), which was the location of the second days hike. While the short and medium hikers tackled Lug from opposite sides, the Torture group began marching up some different way, battling through the flattened Sitka forests. After summitting Lug they trekked onwards on the 30km walk back to the hostel, through valley and mountain, following Aodhán and his infinite supply of knock-off Tesco mars bars.
The weather stayed good and it was a grand day out. No complaints about route length were fielded this time.
Climbs
Day 1
The climbing gang headed off to Dalkey quarry for the day.
Day 2
Day 2 was spent in the boulder fields of Glendalough, but some say that they spent more time at the nearby coffee van than climbing...
Events
Emma's Return
Former club member and American exchange student Emma Shepherd returned to visit the club and to complete a forfeit. This was a very wholesome moment, in an otherwise cruel world full of UL people.
The Apparition of St. Patrick
The final day of the club trip coincided with St. Patrick's day, on the eve of this holy day, an apparition of the Saint himself was seen leaving the holy monastic settlement (Glendalough International Hostel). He led a group of devote pilgrims to the highest point that side of the country. Upon the pulpit at the summit he delivered a sermon to his followers.
On the holy day itself he was again seen preaching to his congregation and blessing his day with some holy beer. He was later sighted again in the holy town of Newbridge, entranced by the tractors on display.
The Prank War
All agree that the UGMC-ULOPC prank war began when UL smeared Vaseline® on the door handles of Club bedrooms. The club returned fire by using UL's own climbing rope to tie all of their door handles together. After this a truce was reached, however UL broke this truce with a most unforgiving act; stealing the Club Bugle on the final day of the trip.
Notable Food & Drink
Numerous food and drink was consumed. Here is some of the highlights.
The Egg Liquor
American exchange student Tarq was extremely cultured, so much so that he possessed the previously unheard of “Egg Liquor”. The bottle was sapphire blue, tall and thin, imported from an unknown source. The liquid itself was yellow and thick, like that of an egg yoke. The scholars at UGMC were incredibly confused by this substance and tried to fry it, mix it and scramble it. Ultimately it was decided that drinking it straight was the best method of consumption. The flavour could only be described as “eggy”. Multiple people, including Ex-Captain Jack, regretted the egg liquor in the morning.
The UL Milk Fridge
UL promised its members that there would be one litre of milk for every one of its denizens. The consequence of this was they needed to store it all. Despite there being limited fridge space, the vast greed of UL led them to filling one of two whole fridges with 3L cartons of milk. The UGMC helped themselves to as much of this milk as they could.