Leuvense Universitaire Alpinisten Klub

Presentation

• What is LUAK
• Who is in LUAK
• Why you should join
• Practical stuff

What is LUAK?

• All mountain / climbing sports
• Indoor
• Boulder
• Sport
• Trad
• Alpine
• Ice
• (tourski)
• (Slackline)

Who is in LUAK

• Members
• Students
• PhD students
• Working people

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• Experience:
• Beginners
• Advanced
• … And everything in between

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The Board

members

Arend: President

Febe: Secretary

Febe: secretary

Hektor: Treasurer

Cedric

Cedric: ICT-guy

Ward: Gear guru

Alessio: Logistics & bar

Mieke: Logistics & bar

Wolf: Logistics

DAAN

Daan

Mathilde: Logistics

Emma: logistics

Why you should join…

1) Meet new people

• Finding climbing partners for both indoor and outdoor
• Hearing cool stories from other climbers, and sharing your own super cool climbing stories
• You can learn a lot from the members with more experience
• Open every Thursday at 20h30
• Drink a beer
• Plan rad stuff
• Lend some gear

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• Rock climbing initiations
• Weekends (Fontainebleau, Freyr, …)
• Sunday climbing at (Belgian rocks)
• Parties ☺ (christmaaaas!!)
• BBQ
• Winter meet
• Summer meet
• Gym tours

2) Activities

3) Gear

• Luak has ropes, helmets, harnesses,�ice axes, cams, nuts, ski’s, ...

and much more

• Topo library
• Discount at kariboe (20%)

Practical Stuff

Calendar

• Initiation days meet
• Sunday 9 October @ Pont a Lesse
• Sunday 16 October @ Sy
• 22 & 23 October @ Freyr
• We sleep at Freyr either in a tent (2€) or in the hut (4€)
• There is water and a toilet
• Frietkot, bakery and shops are close by (with a car)

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Rock climbing initiations

• No experience required!

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• We put up topropes for you
• (Basic) safety info & techniques

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• We can provide gear

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• Ropes/quickdraws/helmets/harnesses
• (Some old climbing shoes)

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• Transport

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• (Limited) carpool
• Train

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• What you have to bring
• Sporty clothes, lunch, enough water, and a big smile!

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Access/insurance free for the initiations

Meeting point

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De Spuye

8h45 am

(sportcentrum Leuven)

De Spuye

De Stordeur

Sportoase

LUAK club house

LUAK Points Of Interest

Meeting Initiations

Kariboe shop

The place to be for climbing gear but also lots of other outdoor stuff. �There is a Kariboe shop in Leuven (naamsesteenweg) and they have a shop in Hasselt.

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You have a Luak membership discount as well :)

Gyms in and around Leuven

Open Gym

Boulder one Herent

Stordeur

Sportoase

Luak evening

Every Thursday

20H30

How to become a member?

• Make account on www.luak.be
• Pay membership fee: €15/€20

Discount for:

• New members
• Luak-members of KBF
• Notify us in person/by mail: luak.bestuur@gmail.com
• Receive membership card

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🡪 We activate your account�

Captcha = Freyr

LUAK’s partners

96€

Membership

30€

Sportscard

15/20€

Membership

96€�Membership

(After first year it’s cheaper)

For you

• Access to the rocks (mandatory)
• Insurance in case of an accident
• (significant) discount in most alpine ‘refuges’
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For us (when signing up please choose LUAK as your club)

• BA insurance
• Reserving crags and doing initiations (group insurance)
• Subsidaries
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30€�Sportscard

For you

• Doing lots of different sports
• Access to the KUL van
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For us

• Hiring the KUL van
• Access to our clubhouse
• Subsidies for buying gear
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Important Rules

• Maximum of 3 weeks
• Maximum for one other person
• Minimum €20 security deposit
• Return in time

�NEW: fill in form

MANDATORY

Gear rules

• It’s the left one!
• Pay drinks or buy a drinking card (13€)
• Prices on the fridge
• Be honest please!

Fridge rules

All info can be found on the site

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www.luak.be

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Check out the stories section and add your own stories!

Questions?

initiations

9 - oct

16 - oct

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