from SAIS Southern Cairngorms
Shortly after midday the Corrie of Lochnagar from the col by Meikle Pap. Quite a bit more snow on the apron directly below the crag than there has been recently. Looking onto Eagle Ridge (centre) with Parallel A and B to the right. Not much evidence of ice buiding up. The temperature at the profie site at 900 metres today was plus 2 and cooling is forecast. Distant view to the North-West. Good cover high up on Ben Avon. Tap Test at the main profile site for the day. Easterly aspect. Significant amount of
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from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
This week I was working for 4 days on a Mountain Leader Training. On Monday the group and I spent the day mainly inside covering areas of the syllabus which are covered best in a classroom. In the afternoon after the torrential rain had eased, we went outside and we introduced the group to the rope work which they will need to learn for their assessment. We covered the basics on the grounds of the centre so on Tuesday we were able to get cracking on with putting it into context and practicing lots of ...
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from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
Keywords:
assesment,
candidates,
Mountain Leader Assesment,
navigation,
centre,
small ammount of drizzle,
candidates the opportunity,
Llamberis Pass,
Day 3,4,
Llwedd
This week I have been working on a Mountain Leader Assesment. I was assesing the candidates on all aspect of the syllabus from navigation to ropework, campcraft to environmental knowledge. Day one we walked from Ogwen back to the centre giving the candidates the opportunity to demonstrate their navigation ability as well as demonstrating they have what it takes to become mountain leaders. Day two we headed into Llamberis Pass and covered some steep ground so the candidates could demonstrate how they would
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from The BMC News
Top line up for Harrogate and Manchester Climbing Centres this autumn! The centre are to host a series of lectures and masterclasses from some of the countries top climbers and mountaineers, kicking off on Sept 30th with a rare appearance by the renown British climber Johnny Dawes.
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from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
Peak Lenin It’s now the beginning of September and after a highly eventful and emotional past 4 weeks, I have another long overdue blog to write, whilst I try my upmost to avoid getting burnt in this scorcher of a British summer. It does seem I have been slightly unlucky with the weather, missing the ‘real’ summer this April with a long revision period, however my luck changed during late July and early August as I ventured to Kyrgyzstan, a country famous for..?! What followed was the trip of a ...
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from Hot Aches Productions
Yesterday Matt headed over to Raven Crag in Langdale to film James MacHaffie's attempt at onsighting Dawes Rides a Shovelhead. The route, originally climbed by Dave Birkett, comes in at E8 6c and has not seen an onsight attempt before. Caff made the most of the glorious sunshine and warmed up on a couple of the easier routes before deciding to give Dawes a go. The route follows the thin crack line up the centre of the main face and is protected by a couple of relatively unreliable nuts and some old bolts.
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from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
This week I have been working with a group of young people going through their Duke of Edinburgh Gold. The week was all about interacting with others, working as a team whilst carrying out some fun activities. On Monday we went up to a very busy Tremadog Upper Tier for a spot of bouldering and rock climbing where we looked at rock climbing skills such as movement, technique, belaying, rope work skills and pushing it hard. On Tuesday we went sea level traversing which involved climbing, jumping and ...
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from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Dave Rudkin and Matt Stygall have climbed a new line in the Spider’s Web area of Wen Zawn at Gogarth. Forgery Direct E5 6a is, as the name suggests, a direct version of the original route, Forgery.
Description: Climb the centre of the wall and thin crack to the middle of the roof. Make a tricky pull [...]
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from The Mountain Library
The Mountain Library rating: ★★★ Published: 2004 Reading style: easy Images: yes (24 pages, colour and bw) Lasting memory: Hugh Thomson recounts a trek to Nanda Devi and its Sanctuary (a wall of peaks which seal off the mountain at its centre) as part of the 2000 millennium expedition, led by Eric Shiptons son, John [...]
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
On Rats Stole my Toothbrush E5/6, Mucklehouse Wall I wrote this on the way home from our trip to Orkney, having had a great time. The final days were mostly spent gathering some really cool footage for our film about the Longhope route which we’ll prepare for the autumn. Ed Drummond revisiting St John’s Head. Photo Lukasz Warzecha For the last few days we also had a nice visit from Ed Drummond who stayed with us and walked back in to St John’s head to see his route again, 41 years after his original
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