Hinkes Joins Ramblers...
Challenge 8000 man Alan Hinkes pops up in the new issue of the Ramblers' Association magazine with an interesting question and answer session that's downloadable free...
Posted: 13 April 2004
by Jon
No, he hasn't actually joined the Ramblers, but he's the subject
of a feature in the second issue of their new magazine Walk, that's
available for free perusal on ther Ramblers' Association web site as
a taster.
If you're a Hinkes fan you'll know that he's out in Nepal right
now tackling Dhaulagiri, the penultimate of the 14 8,000-metre peaks
he needs to climb in order to become the first Britain to do them
all. Here's what he says about reaching the sacred summit of
Kangchenjunga, where climbers aren't allowed to step. Good Yorkshire
common sense we reckon:
"If I get to the summit I will stop three feet short. I'm six
foot, so my head will actually be above the summit.
Anyway, definitely worth a quick download and you don't even have
to join the Ramblers' Association to read it. You can find the
download
link here.
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