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SuperMeet Auction Raises £2,500 Plus :-)
By Jon on 11/07/2005 12:48:15
Last weekend's Brotherwater OM meet was the biggest ever and, even better, a kit auction raised over £2,500 to be donated to local Lakes mountain rescue teams. And the sun shone too...
amountof time and effort into making the whole event run likeclockwork. One of the lots was an original copy of The Times newspaper with the news of the first ascent of Everest. The idea
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Mountain movies for beginners
By Maria del Carmen on 19/11/2003 13:52:10
Just how easy is it to make a mountain film?
its first Extreme Film School with Media Training North West and Everest-summiting BBC producer, Graham Hoyland. Wannabe filmmakers turned up, some with pre-shot footage that they wanted to turn into a film, some just with a bright idea. Over
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The Lee Side
By Alastair Lee on 12/07/2001 17:37:00
Mad Al decides to rename some mountains...
, hedidn't even go ashore. Then you look to the daddy of them all,named after the 19th century surveyor of India and the Himalaya, SirGeorge Everest, again without too much consideration for the nativenames - Chomolungma in Tibet and Sagamartha in Nepal
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The Leeside
By Alastair Lee on 23/01/2002 17:27:41
Alastair's back, this month he brings us his considered and scientific opinion on the consequences of global warming
, without the hindrance of snow and ice they'll probably build a chair lift right to the summit... As for controversy over an Everest hotel at basecamp? Ha, once things warm up a little there'll be a McDonalds and Starbucks
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Southern Carneddau Wander
By Jon on 02/09/2002 18:56:26
Cross the road from the classic Tryfan / Glyderau circuits is the southern end of than main Carneddau chain and very nice it is too
and your mind shuts up as well.But that's another story.Actually it wasn't as bad as I remembered. The lower section'sbeen restored and while the upper is a scree-covered slog, you canalso find and Everest SW Face-style rock band with somestraightforward
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OM Review Of The Year - Part Two
By Jon on 30/12/2002 12:12:04
We look back over the highlights of the second half of 2002 through the strangely distorted glass that is OUTDOORSmagic
rucksac'. It does smell a bit rubbery though...• Plus: EverestBase Camp trek in detail with pics and Simon Kirwan's guide totravelphotography.September• We brought you another scoop with firstimpressions of Berghaus's brilliant new 2003 lightweight range
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Follow In Joe Simpson's Footsteps...
By Jon on 07/12/2000 19:52:00
... and climb waterfall ice. Here's where to start
-day special in the ItalianAlps. Dates in January and February 2001.JaggedGlobeSheffield-based Jagged Globe (formerly Himalayan KingdomsExpeditions) are one of the few British companies to guide Everest,they are also one of the only UK operators to offer
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MHW Lecture Report - Worth Going?
By Jon on 25/10/2002 14:23:40
Fleece and Gore-Tex takes over the Royal Geographical Society for the first of this year's Mountain Hardwear Lectures, but what was it like? We entered the hallowed portals for a top mountaineering evening
as crowded as Everest Base Camp in there, sold out witharound 700 people, and according to the RGS bods, the first event inliving memory there to fill the impressive new auditorium.Each night of the tour plucks three speakers per venue from a coregroup
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Porter Abuse - How You Can Make A Difference
By Jon on 07/08/2000 04:40:00
The work of the International Porter Protection Group
Somewhere in the midst of our sofa-charged existences, we've halfforgotten what hard physical work is like. Go somewhere like Nepalthough, and it's all around you. Trekking into Everest Base Camp lastyear, you couldn't help wondering at a squat
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Success On Highest Sea Cliff Marred By Tragedy
By Andy Macnae (BMC) on 14/08/2000 18:38:00
A British team has climbed the world's highest sea cliff but at a cost
company NorthFace UK as well as Kellogg's, Isis Technology, The Mount EverestFoundation and UK Sport. One of the most challenging aspects of theclimb was the fact that the cliff rose sheer out of the waters of theTorssukatak Sound making access
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