IAESTE Weekend
May 28-29, 2005

Enjoy a weekend in the area of Engelberg! Check out the Airboard. The airboard is a new high-tech wintersport item invented by a Swiss guy. You will have the chance to test the new tool on the glacier of Mount Titlis (3020 meters above sea level).

Program

Saturday, May 28

• 08:05: Gathering in front of Track 14 in Luzern
• Train to Engelberg
  Luzern  -  Engelberg: 08:11 - 09:12 Track 14
• Transfer to cable car
• Cable car (Rotair) to Mount Titlis
• Having a great time on the glacier:
  • Airboarding (We will have our own reserved slope)
  • Glacier Park (free entrance)
  • Glacier Grotto (free entrance)
  • Great view over the Alps
  • Enjoying the sun
• Latest cable car "Rotair" back to Engelberg: 16:50
• Transfer to youth hostel.
• Dinner followed by a pub crawl in Engelberg.

Sunday, May 29

• Breakfast
• Pack our luggage, clean the house
• Staying in Engelberg (please state your interest when signing up)
  • hiking
  • mountain-biking
  • swimming
  • hand around in Engelberg
• Train back to Lucerne/Zurich/...:

  Engelberg	Luzern	17:15 - 18:19	18:15 - 19:19
  Luzern	Zürich	18:35 - 19:25	19:35 - 20:25
  Luzern	Bern	18:55 - 20:00	19:55 - 21:00
  Luzern	Baden	18:35 - 19:51	19:35 - 20:51
  Luzern	Basel SBB	18:45 - 19:51	19:45 - 20:51
  Luzern	Lausanne	18:55 - 21:15	19:55 - 22:15
  Luzern	...	http://www.sbb.ch

Trains

Trains to Lucerne

We suggest the following trains to come to the meeting point at 08:05 in Lucerne.

You have to buy your ticket to Lucerne on your own. IAESTE takes care of the group ticket from Lucerne to Engelberg.

Gleis 7

The Gleis 7 ticket (free train rides after 19:00) is not valid on the train between Engelberg and Lucerne. However, you can use it when returning from Lucerne on Sunday evening.

People from further away

If you come from further away and have problems to come to Zurich/Lucerne so early in the morning: You can still participate! Check with your fellow trainees, we are sure that you can stay somewhere in Zurich over night!

Participation Details & Costs

The number of participants is limited to 40 persons (staff included).

Costs

The participation fee is payed at the beginning of the weekend.

• Included in base price:
  Transport by train from Luzern to Engelberg and back, ticket for cable car to Mount Titlis, ticket for IceFlyer (chair lift on the glacier), lodging, dinner on Saturday (NO drinks!) and breakfast on Sunday.
• Not included:
  Travel from your home to Lucerne and back, lunch on Saturday and Sunday, mountain-biking or hiking expenses on sunday (biking is around CHF 25)

Don't forget:

• Lunch and drinks for Saturday and Sunday
• Swimming suit, towel
• Money
• Clothes depending on the weather
• Winter clothes, alternativly: Warm clothes covered by a rain jacket and trousers
• Water proof gloves
• Hiking boots (Runners, city shoes or sandales NOT suitable for airboarding!!!)
• Sun cream or even better "Sun block".
• Sun glasses.
• Good mood and a portion of courage!

If you didn't bring warm clothes (gloves, cap) to Switzerland - please ask your workmates or roommates if you can borrow some.

Important

Train ticket Updates

• Due to high number of people coming from Zurich or surroundings, we will also buy a group ticket from ZURICH (only from Zurich, not from other cities) to Luzern for the people who are interested. Please write (in the remarks section) if you want us to inlcude you when registering.
• Please do indicate whether you have only Halbtax, Halbtax and Gleis 7, only Gleis 7, GA, or nothing. Usually (but not always) you have Halbtax when you have Gleis 7 -- please tell us!

Airboarding a deux

The Airboard is a new type of winter sport equipment, invented here in Switzerland. We rented 25 Airboards, directly from the inventor. Since we are more people, two people will be sharing a board. This gives you the choice of waiting for your partner and commenting on his latest wild stunt, or you can enjoy the Glacier Fun Park.

Glacier

Remember, we will be on a glacier. It is a high alpine enviroment: There might be glacier gaps, the weather can change quickly. Therefore: Never ever leave the marked slopes!

Safety on Airboard

Please check the safety recommandations by visiting the Airboard website (click on Products, then on Safety Instructions).

IAESTE Switzerland is not responsible for anything in case of an accident. Make sure that you are well insured.

Number of participants and registration

Please register for this event between 2005-05-20 09:00 and 2005-05-25 12:00 (registration exclusively electronically and in the given time frame; link for registration published here during this time).

The first ones to do so who fit in our group of up to 40 people (including helpers) are in! If the list of participants is already filled up, you can still register. You are then added to the waiting list, and with a bit of luck you can still join!

Further details

If you have any question, feel free to ask us! Send an e-mail to airboard2005{-at-}iaeste{.}ch^*.

We are looking forward to having a good time together with you!

Elena Bermudez, Florentin Gröli, Moritz Heckscher
for IAESTE LC Zurich

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