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Karakoram Lecture In The Peak
By OUTDOORSmagic on 06/01/2003 15:03:17
One for the diary as Steve Razzetti lectures on the lesser known north side of the Karakoram. Date is 15 January.
in Pakistan for those who would ratherapproach the Karakoram from the south side. All those with aninterest are invited to come. Venue is Longlands above Outside in Hathersage and it kicks off at7.30 pm.
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Last Chance Lecture Reminder
By Jon on 14/01/2003 05:55:07
Last call for Steve Razzetti's lecture on the north side of the Karakram in Hathersage tomorrow night
would ratherapproach the Karakoram from the south side. All those with aninterest are invited to come. Venue is Longlands above Outside in Hathersage and it kicks off at7.30 pm.
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Mission Quite Difficult
By Jon on 05/07/2000 22:32:00
Is Tom Cruise the world's best rock climber?
It's always the way - there you are soloing some desperatesandstone slab in Moab when, bang, it's goodbye friction and only ahandy jug stops you from doing a Jonathan Livingstone Seagull off thelip. Or at least it is if you're Tom Cruise, or maybe
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Kirkpatrick Hits London
By Jon on 25/04/2006 12:43:43
A quick last minute heads-up for London-based OMers who have the chance to catch Britain's most entertaining mountaineering speaker on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
April at the Ritzy Cinema,Brixton, Brixton Oval, SW2 1JG. Telephone: 08707 55 00 62.Then on Thu 27 April, he'll be at the ClaphamPicturehouse, 76 Venn Street London SW4 0AT. Telephone: 08707 5500 61.Kick-off is at 8.45pm and the price is £10.50 or £8
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Stop Press: Eskdale Meet Change
By Jon on 12/09/2006 11:10:21
We've had a last minute change of campsite for this weekend's OM meet in Eskdale. The venue remains the same, but we're staying a few miles up the road and nearer to the pub :-)
' Cartwright fromwww.backpackinglight.co.uk showing off some of his latestultra-lightweight kit.Itshould be a great weekend and an opportunity to meet other OMers, theeditor and routes editor included, plus go walking, climbing orscrambling in a beautiful area
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Last Minute - Kirkpatrick In Ambleside Tonight
By Jon on 20/10/2006 10:00:43
Britain's most entertaining hardcore mountaineering speaker is appearing in Ambleside this evening, so if you're footloose and fancy free in the Lakes, get along :-)
tickets!Andy's lecture 'White Horizon' kicks off at 7.30 pm atSt Martin's College and covers his recent groundbreaking 600kmjourney across Greenland as well as recent climbing trips to Alaskaand elsewhere in the US - astonishingly Andy's now climbed
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One Evening, Three Award Winning Films...
By Jon on 03/09/2007 13:44:18
Catch three Al Lee Kendal award winners this Thursday night at Rheged.
September.Kicking off at 7.00pm, you can see Twice Upon A Time In Bolivia,Storms: The Movie and Set In Stone, all three past award winners atthe Kendal Mountain Film Festival and all quite different films.We've watched them all and we can promise you a very
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Everest On The Box Last Night
By Jon on 02/06/2004 09:09:55
Channel Five is screening the two programmes about death on Everest, one this afternoon, the other tonight. You've missed 'em now though :-(
years - but has claimed 144 lives. Interviews and archivefootage show how altitude sickness, obsession and selfishness candistort the decision-making process, sometimes with appallingconsequences.'Guaranteed to put you off climbing the world's highest
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Have A Free Outdoors Holiday This Easter!
By Jon on 04/03/2004 11:34:36
A reality TV programme is offering an outdoors-mad family their dream holiday this Easter. Fantastic, so what's the catch?
, the makers of 'Wife Swap' and'Faking It' will pay for you to go off to your 'favourite holidaydestination' and basically whoop it up. The catch, of course, is thatyou get to take another, erm, disparate family along with you, thenyou get to share
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On The Box Last Night...
By Jon on 09/09/2003 08:45:26
An ideal antidote to David Blaine as Channel 4 follow a bunch of French 'free runners' as they somersault and vault their way across some of London's best-known landmarks.
'advert' featuring a dark, muscular, gallicchappy somersaulting his way home from the office, you'll have anidea of what to expect, viz, spectacular jumps, somersaults, runningup vertical walls etc.Apparently the whole sport kicked off when a bunch
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