from Matthew Dieumegard-Thornton
After the mad rush prior to Christmas to send out all necessary mail before the festive period, Christmas and New Year were actually very good and almost relaxing with a trip to the Peak District in hurricane force winds on Christmas Day. New Year brought to a close the eventful and successful year of 2011, which included a Scottish winter , climbing in Kyrgyzstan upon Peak Lenin subsequently learning many lessons, and closing with the Baruntse and Mera Peak expedition . These were the big milestones of
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from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
Today was the test to see if I have eaten too many cakes over the summer! On the walk in to the North Face of Ben Nevis, I was starting to think that I had. I just couldn't keep my knees above the snow. After 'swimming' up to the CIC hut, I realised that its not my 'winter weight' that was the problem but the vast amounts of snow up there. Kenny and I swam up to Fat Boy Slim (VI,6) on Secondary Tower Ridge hoping we would find tracks from Blair and Dave the day before. Unfortunately there were none! We did
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from Online Climbing Coach
Following on from my last post about learning technique, another thought following my recent travels. I was speaking about risk and decision making in bold climbing at the SAFOS seminar at EICA Ratho. One of the other speakers was Mark Williams who gave an excellent lecture summarising some of the fascinating research on skill learning in sport right now. Mark talked a lot about practice, it’s importance, just how much is necessary to reach your potential (a LOT) and crucially, what good practice ...
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from magicedspotrerochico.com
One-liner of the Day No one is listening until you make a mistake. Access Denied Looming above the swimming resort, the four pitch Access Denied (5.10a, 5.9, 5.10c, 5.9) is another route that I looked at for more than 10 years before I got to climb it. Normally this is due to the vast amount [...]
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from The Alpinist - newswire
The north ridge of Latok I (7145m) has defeated yet another impressive team of climbers, this time three of the Giri-Giri Boys from Japan. Facing perilous snow conditions, Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato and Katsutaka "Jumbo" Yokoyama turned around about halfway into the 2500-meter ridge. Their effort on the north ridge came after a failed attempt on the north face. The team turned back at roughly the same high point, ca. 5900 meters, on both efforts. Hiroshi Hagawari of Rock and Snow reported that Yokoyama
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from The Adventure Blog
A few adventure racing tidbits for the AR crowd. - The XPD Australia Expedition Race is underway near Cairns. The race features coed teams of four battling it out non-stop over 430+ miles of rugged and remote Australian backcountry, including trekking through jungles, paddling on the ocean, and tackling white water rafting on the Tully River. The race is expected to run through the 28th, and at this early point, it is Team Orion Adventure, winners of last year's Primal Quest , who are out in front. For ...
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from The Adventurist
Antarctica is melting. Ocean temperatures are rising. Natural disasters are happening more frequently with far greater consequences. We are losing some species of our planet to global warming. Politicians seem to jump around the issues or leave them to the scientists to figure out. Over the next few weeks I will be presenting information to enlighten you on the state of global warming, conservation, and environmental education. This series will discuss some in-depth aspects , it will talk about
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