Committee 2024/2025
Meet the committee for 2024 to 2025
President
Name: Harry Walker (he/him)
Course: Computer Science
Email: luuhc.president@gmail.com
Hometown: Bristol
Favourite Hike: Pen-y-fan
Favourite Hiking Snack: Bourbons
Biggest Hiking Fail: Pitching for a wild camp at night in a clearing in a wood near galashiels. In the morning I got woken up by a dog walker letting me know I had accidentally pitched on a public footpath
Secretary
Name: Alice Brown (she/her)
Course: Sustainability and Environmental Management
Email: luuhc.secretary@gmail.com
Hometown: London
Favourite Hike: Malham Sunday Hike! Something about that cold, windy day just possessed a chaotic energy that cannot be recreated.
Favourite Hiking Snack: Flapjacks
Biggest Hiking Fail: Probably thinking my 7 year old boots with holes in were still fit for hiking, and ending every hike for a semester and a half with cold, wet feet. They have since been replaced
Treasurer
Name: Oly Woolsey (he/him)
Course: Computer Science
Email: luuhc.treasurer@gmail.com
Hometown: Aspley Guise, Beds
Favourite Hike: An Teallach
Favourite Hiking Snack: Jelly tots
Biggest Hiking Fail: Planning a lovely hike in the peaks, the car breaking down on arrival and having to change the hike and go from a garage in the middle of nowhere
Trip Sec
Name: Seb Fox (he/him)
Course: Automotive Engineering
Email: luuhc.trip@gmail.com
Hometown: Ashford, Middlesex
Favourite Hike: Winter loop from Kinlochleven up to Binnein Beag and Sgùrr Eilde Mòr (from the hut!)
Favourite Hiking Snack: Homemade Kendal mint cake and a flask of tea
Biggest Hiking Fail: Touching an electric fence to check if it was live or not, yeah turns out it was
Transport Sec
Name: Joshua Render (he/him)
Course: Computer Science with Mathematics
Email: luuhc.transportation@gmail.com
Hometown: Mirfield, West Yorkshire
Favourite Hike: Snowdon on the Easter trip, brilliant views and not too busy
Favourite Hiking Snack: Ginger Parkin from Aldi
Biggest Hiking Fail: Having to climb a mountain twice to retrieve a lost phone
Gear Sec
Name: Aspen Burberry (they/them)
Course: Ancient History
Email: luuhc.gear@gmail.com
Hometown: Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Favourite Hike: This one lovely walk around Orkney that was perfectly divided by ideal sunshine on a windy hilltop and torrential rain along a strong contender for the worlds most desolate road
Favourite Hiking Snack: Apples
Biggest Hiking Fail: Three times I tried to find the starting point of the well signposted Letchworth greenway. I am yet to succeed
Social Sec
Name: Bryn Barker (he/him)
Course: Chemical and Energy Engineering
Email: luuhc.social@gmail.com
Hometown: Whaley Bridge
Favourite Hike: The Liathack ridge in Torridon in summer 2023
Favourite Hiking Snack: Aldi off brand Tunnocks caramel wafers
Biggest Hiking Fail: Stepping on a random greasy step in a field and falling flat on my back
Web Sec
Name: Annie Golightly (she/her)
Course: Computer Science
Email: luuhc.web@gmail.com
Hometown: London
Favourite Hike: I’m indecisive so either the Sunday hike to Torside where I unleashed newfound chaotic energy or hiking up Snowdon for my first time, with the club!
Favourite Hiking Snack: Anything chocolatey
Biggest Hiking Fail: Having leaky walking boots (and complaining about them!) for several months when I joined the club
Welfare Sec
Name: Immie Wadlow (she/her)
Course: PhD in Atmospheric Science
Email: luuhc.welfare@gmail.com
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Favourite Hike: The Magical Mystery Tour in Northumberland - some beaut coasts, castles, and an abundance of dog-patting opportunities.
Favourite Hiking Snack: Malt loaf supremacy
Biggest Hiking Fail: Discovering the importance of re-waterproofing your gear on a particularly soggy Sunday in the Lakes
General Committee
Name: Dan Stapley (he/him)
Course: Natural Sciences
Hometown: Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Favourite Hike: The Glyders
Favourite Hiking Snack: Ginger biscuits and flapjack
Biggest Hiking Fail: Taking the dog on a 4-day wild camp but he couldn't manage it and we had to carry him!