YTU Hiking and Mountaineering Club is a sports club founded in December of 2017 by a group of enthusiastic students from different majors and years. The primary vision of the club is to help students expand their horizons and get outdoors, introduce them to the tranquility of nature, make lifelong friends with each other while going on adventures and travel to every corner of the country and learn different cultures.
We organize one hiking trip each semester. The club decides on a suitable location and date while taking the season, distance, duration, and other necessary factors into account. We organize endurance and strength trainings on weekend mornings. The club members have to complete a set training record and collect required gears for each trip. We make sure that everyone is uninjured and in perfect physical condition before setting out for expedition.
Since the founding of the club in 2017, club activities have been organized regularly and we have successfully completed five different hiking trips in five semesters. As a milestone, the team had conquered and set up the flag of YTU on Mt.Pyatkaywae (3759ft), Mt. Popa (4981ft), Mt.Ashae Myin Anout Myin (7752ft) and Mt.Nat Htate (5489ft). We also had successfully organized a joint expedition with National Management Degree College (NMDC) to improve the inter-university relationship.
Since hiking is not a competitive sport, the club is driven solely by enthusiasm, unity, physical and mental toughness of each member, and individual responsibility and we had brought together over a hundred like-minded enthusiasts over the years.
Any undergraduate or master students and teachers in YTU can contact the club’s representatives directly or via Facebook Page for more information and join our activities. YTUHMC welcomes anyone who has the love for great outdoors and the enthusiasm to undertake a new challenge.
